Z-Arts exhibits the photography of John Whitworth
By Joyce Hamilton
The Zion Canyon Arts & Humanities Council is pleased to host John Whitworth’s photography in the Canyon Community Center gallery in Springdale. The exhibit will remain on display through Jan. 29, 2019.
The son of a national park ranger, Whitworth grew up living in and around some of our country’s greatest treasures. It is all too simple for one to understand out how he ended up a landscape and nature photographer. As one whose mind wanders, it has changed his life, providing an escape from the expected and a motivational outlet that has proven irreplaceable, pushing him to seek out adventure and encouraging a drive to experience freedom under his own interpretation.
Zion National Park was the main inspiration that lead him into this medium and continues to be one of the driving forces behind his work. His goal in photography is to create and experience something memorable or unique, or at least somewhat puzzling and to spend days on end in the wilderness trying to bring back something he can personally enjoy — and that will hopefully inspire others as well.
For the most part, he tends to focus on wide and dramatic scenes but also spends much of his time shooting smaller, more abstract possibilities that nature provides, using photography to hopefully confuse the viewer into wondering what exactly they are looking at. For Whitworth, that is what photography is all about: playing with the camera’s ability not just to capture a moment but to create something more.
The Canyon Community Center is located at 126 Lion Blvd. in Springdale. It is open to the public Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m. The gallery is closed on Sundays and all state and federal holidays.
To learn more about this gallery show, please visit zarts.org. If you miss the gallery show, you can visit Whitworth’s website at johnwhitworthphotography.com.
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