Other Voices

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The photographic tales by Vernon Trent

December 17, 2008 – Detlef Foth – Painter

(…) Vernon Trent has an infallible intuition for composition, hitting his mark almost all the time. He works quickly, rigorously and effectively, always remaining courteous and relaxed.
His attitude towards the model demonstrated me he’s a director you can interact with while he’s explaining his intentions and he’s tuning in with the model. He can afford a refusal. This has happened and it was remarkably irrelevant. This confident behavior with people shows in his work: you can capture only what you comprehend. And the understanding of the human and the human as a being shows through his body of work one way or another.

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There is always something more

May 05, 2008 – Dawn M. Armfield – Photographer

Each time I look at Vernon Trent’s images, I see something new — usually an artifact of the gritty side of life. It’s not just that so much of his photography is shot in darker tones, but that he utilizes shadows and light in such a way that I feel like I’m seeing so much more of the subject than I would even if I were standing right before it.

Perhaps it is the years of experience that he has behind a camera, but it might be the way he looks at the world. He has a keen insight into the corners of life that many of us miss. So often his photography is not simply that of a moment; he sheds the veneer of the external shell and delves deeper into what is actually being communicated by a subject, whether it is a person, a piece of architecture, or an abstract.

There is always something more to Vernon’s photography.

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