Mel Yukiina

Cosmic Crowd
where people become a nebula

I began photography at fourteen and have continued for nearly five decades
I do not hunt for photographs I respond to places as they are
Most of my images are not planned but discovered on site

I am interested in the boundary where photographs resemble paintings
Walls surfaces reflections and traces of time often become my subjects
Rather than dramatic moments I seek quiet accumulations

At times the energy of a subject is expressed not through a single focal point but through the tension and movement of the entire frame
I sometimes use the entire image to express the energy of a subject rather than isolating a single point of attention
Energy is often carried by the whole frame rather than by an individual subject

Editing is not correction but a second act of seeing
I express movement and meaning as a single presence within apparent disorder

I value consistency over singular masterpieces
Recognition has come through continuity not spectacle
My work asks not for attention but for time

CAMERAS
SONY alpha 1
SONY alpha 7RV
PENTAX K 1 MK2 J limited
Special model The Project Roses
Only three cameras in the world
PENTAX K20D
ZWO ASI2600MC APSC
ZWO 65 APO
ZWO AM5N
ASIAIR PLUS CAA EFW EAF