Information

The Photographer
Dermot O'Kane was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1978. Having completed a degree in Philosophy and Classical Civilization at University College Dublin in 2000, he traveled around the world and worked at various jobs before returning to Griffith College Dublin to study Photography in 2004. He moved to Canada in 2005, where he now lives in Calgary, Alberta with his fiancee Kerri.

Equipment
Dermot uses a specialist medium-format panoramic camera with professional transparency film. Selected slides are digitally scanned and exposed by laser to the finest quality chemically processed photographic paper.

Artist's Statement
"My goal is to create exciting images that evoke a feeling or emotion in the viewer. While technical mastery of the medium is essential, I try to go beyond that to capture a mood - the spirit of the location I am photographing. For me the image must be more than just a simple record of the location; it must go deeper to convey the essence of the scene.

I hope that in viewing my artwork you can experience something of what it was like for me to be there, capturing the moment."

- Dermot