Chris Hoyer Art
Chris Hoyer Art
I learned about photography from my dad. I got my start with trays, tanks and dim lights. For most of my adult life I moved from place to place with an old Durst enlarger and boxes of paraphernalia.
Somewhere along the line, I threw it all away. The pictures and negatives remaining are pretty much shot; All I was left with was a box full of old slides, most in bad shape. Some Kodachromes were still good, the rest were faded and scratched. None had been printed.
Recently I started the process of restoring the images in that box. Many had to be digitally hand painted. In doing so, I realized that i was not recreating the scenes as I recalled them but rather I was creating icons of the people and places I had seen over the years. And I liked it. So I applied it to new work as well.
I was raised and lowered in New Jersey. I now split my time between Tampa and Flat Rock, NC.
Photo by Chad Soriano