For Cape Coral photographer Roy Rodriguez, ‘Memories are Like Reflections’
On view through August 3 at the Naples Art Association is Camera USA 2018. The national photography competition and exhibition features 75 images. Among the 21 Florida photographers juried into this year’s show is Cape Coral’s own Roy Rodriguez. His photograph is titled Memories are Like Reflections.
Roy Rodriguez 
uses a variety of cameras to capture images that contain rich narrative, whether in the form of abstract compositions formed by the random remains of beet juice on the evening’s dirty dinner dishes or arresting land, sky and seascapes from such diverse local environs as Myakka River State Park, Jupiter or while waiting for the traffic light to change on a rainy afternoon.
“As a fine arts photographer I am attracted to impressions of the world around me that have a certain hidden beauty which I discover and then encourage my audience to see it,” says Roy. His images shout out, “Look at what I saw. Notice how much beauty and wonder can be found in everything around us.”
Rodriguez believes that there exists a psychological and spiritual state that tunes our senses that enables us to find the artistic in the ordinary. “My medium is light, color and forms, which I skillfully employ to express those discoveries,” Roy continues. “If you can see some of what I felt during the time of exposure, then I succeeded and the circle is complete.”
June 24, 2018.
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- Focus on Camera USA 2018 exhibitor Steve Conley
- Focus on Dennis Church’s Camera USA 2018 entry ‘Royal Poinciana Tree’
- Focus on photographer Lance Long’s Camera USA 2018 entry ‘Dust from Dance’
- Meet Camera USA 2018 judge Christopher Jones
- Meet Camera USA 2018 judge Mark Sloan
- Meet Camera USA 2018 judge Paula Tognarelli
- Camera USA judges sound off on this year’s submissions
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.