weakness of mine is getting too absorbed in the visuals that need to be captured and ingested and not paying proper attention to the opportunities to develop new friendships or renew old ones. Yet, we all have some demons to deal with but there always seem to be more emotionally challenged folks in the arts.
To our rescue is a fascinating man who I met while in the Sierra Nevada’s workshop with Moose Peterson. John C. Bruckman, struck me from the outset as a creative person, who listened extremely well and was very easy to relate to and have conversations with. When you add up these core personality traits with an advanced education at the doctoral level in organizational psychology, then you have one hell of a talented person in front of or behind the lens.
John has been training in photography since the late seventies where he concentrated on landscapes while in the Boston area of the northeast. His business acumen in organizational psychology has yielded opportunities to work and photograph throughout the continents of the world while on many international assignments.
John has parleyed his skills of observation with various cultures to develop his ‘innereye’ which perceives at an emotional level and interprets at an intellectual level. Photography allows us all the opportunity to see and relate to our environment and the triggers for each of us can be unique and as much as a differentiation as our fingerprints. I like what John has realized in his journey and how he presents his craft to others.
John is an organizer and he is the co-leader of the Southern Oregon Photographers’ Forum and a member of the Rogue Gallery & Art Center. John’s work and that of his Photographers Forum was recently featured at the Illahe Studio and Gallery in Ashland, Oregon.
I recalled from our discussions that John has a wonderful partner in life. Barbara Bruckman must be one hell of a peach for letting John journey to the Sierras and hang out with us six photographers for the week, while she held down the fort during some stressful home front issues.
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