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• Brian Cere of St. Helens is
an artist. Like a painter, he
has the oft -sought ability to
create with his hands what
the mind clearly sees. His is
• the humble gift of sharing
with others what he sees so
yet what is so
• familiar. He is a photograph-
er.
• This summer, his work is
on exhibition at the Blyth
• Centre For The Arts. The
best of his chest full of land-
scape, portrait and human
interest photographs are loc-
ated on the second floor of
the Blyth Centre until the
end of the month.
Not an impulsive photo-
grapher nor a composing
• photographer, Brian. Cere
likes to think of himself as a
• blend ,of those extremes.
"Something lovely will cap-
ture my imagination, but
sometimes I see something
lovely and realize there's no
(outstanding) picture there."
He is turning professional
now. Soon after he became
really interested in photo-
graphy about 1971, he was
recognized as a top journalist
within the Canadian Univer-
sity Press sytem. It was for
work he did on the university
• newspaper while studying
for an economics degree in
Waterloo.
"I was always interested
in visual things - pictures and
paintings," he said. And
although his photography is
a sensitive vocation that tran-
scends wealth and recogni-
tion, "I am interested in
being a, really good photo-
grapher "
For Cere, that means
being able to visualize the
finished photo in his mind
while looking, through the
lens; and one could say he
feel's that way about many
things in his life..
Happiness and personal
expression are priorities for
this father of three and,
although he has had an ex-
hibition in Kitchener at one
time, 'he has neither the
inclination ear time to get
involved with many photo-
graphy shows: "I'm not an
• extrovert by any means."
Like his mentor, French
photographer Cartier Bres-
son, Cere regards the Mom-
ent as the essence of the art.
What Bresson called "decis-
ive timing" is what separates
the good photographers from
the ordinary. Indeed, if the
• proper image isn't on the
• Alm, there can't be a good
picture. Similarly, when Bri-
an Cere has -a good, negative
(exposed film), he follows it
through the darkroom stage
on to the print paper.
• 'There s nothing inagic in
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Printing. I've Went many
hours in the darkroom. It's
source of peace and relaxa-
tion.
• Throughout the house, the
walls are adorned with quiet,
but vivacious shots of red,
wooded lagoons, or of pen-
' sive old men and children, or
of leaders among people. But
many of his best photoaranhs
are hanging in the Blyth
Centre now.
Early in 1981, Brian and
his wife contacted the arts
board at the Festival Centre,
and, the two board members
that came to his house were
excited. by what they saw:
"The people at. Blyth liked
• my work. I got stronger feed.
back than I expected".
Now in his early thirties,
there's no way tole but up.
"I enjoy photography more
as time goes on. I look at
things differently • now. 1
realize how much I've matur-
ed as the years went' by,"
Cere takes the years to
come in his stride, looking
enough into• the future to
satisfy his 'curiosity yet not
too much to thwart his sense
of surprise when he gets
there. '
Asked what he thinks lies Man Care strives for excellence.
ahead of him in photography,
lie answers, "Nothing cliche,
of course, but more like
studies of life just bumbling.
along...."
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