"From early black and white darkroom techniques such as toning and hand coloring to the ongoing digital era of fine art, the manipulation of color, texture and light moves my photographs beyond depiction of the real. Instead, I create an altered reality more evocative of dreams or fading memories through techniques such as camera movement during image capture or in post-production in the dark room or on the computer. The final result is an image far removed from the original moment of capture." --Stewart Nelson