1054 31st STREET, NW       WASHINGTON, D.C. 20007

Llewellyn Berry

Llewellyn Berry was a teacher in the DC Public Schools for 32 years where he taught Photojournalism, Radio Production and Broadcast Journalism, media related courses and English.  In retirement Berry continues his work as a photographic artist.  “I have long had a fascination with black and white images.  I prefer black and white films of the 30’s and 40’s because I grew up with them and early on they made a profound stylistic impression on me.  In my own exploration of photographic images, many elements excite me.  I like structures with dynamic line and shape configurations.  I am particularly enamored of landscape photography in the tradition of Ansel Adams, the rural studies of PH Polk, the urban studies of Black Americans by James Van Der Zee and the photojournalistic style of Henri Cartier Bresson.  Chiaroscura, the use of light and dark or highlights and shadows in photography, make everyday objects and visions profound in the way shape and texture, juxtaposition and conscious placement of objects define the world in which I live.”

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