We are very excited to announce another great exhibitor to our show- Maru Photography. Maru Photography truly captures the essence of beauty through their stunning work and we recently asked them about their personalized work!
What does luxury mean to you?
True luxury is about being new. The best are always trying to do things in a way that has never been done before. The “Crème de la Crème” of photography is about defining the next trend and newest styles in wedding imagery. For me, this means taking the best of photojournalism, fashion and art and combining them in to a new style I call fusion photography. In fusion photography, the goal is to produce art. We are moving away from a purely documentary style of photography to a style that reveals something about the deeper character of a couple. Of every image we make, I ask not only what it looks like, but what it feels like as well. If the image makes us feel happy, romantic, sensual, glamorous or even pure heat, then to me, it is a great wedding image.
Fusion photography represents a conceptual shift in wedding photography. Whereas in the past, photography tended to end with the release of the shutter, in fusion photography, the release of the shutter represents only the beginning of the artistic process. To me, the “photographic negative” is but a sketch, a mere blueprint for what the final image might become. At Maru Photography, I take each image made on the wedding day and transform it with subtle adjustments to shade, tone and light; always with the goal of revealing the deeper meaning and emotion that existed in the moment the original image was taken.
How do you personalize your work?
To ensure that each image represents a beautiful and unique work of art, I also personally print and bind all of the images myself. I travel extensively, particularly in Europe, bringing home with me the finest finishing materials and most innovative new ideas in style and incorporate these into my work. Because I do my own design and print work, I must limit the number of commissions I take annually in order to be able to devote the time and attention necessary to take each image from photograph to fine art. As a result, I am often booked up to 2 years in advance of a wedding date.
In this way, everything I do in my photography is in service of emotion. What is most important for me about an image is that it elicits emotion in the viewer. I want the image to speak…to tell me not just about what is immediately visible in the image but to reveal something of its deeper character, its emotional heart. I don’t want to simply see an image, I want to feel it.
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