Neil A. Miller is a photographer with interests in landscapes, streetscapes and automotive photography.
The Gilbert resident exhibits his Arizona photography and promotes his coffee table book on the Morgan Motor Company of England, at Art Intersection through June.
In “Transitional Landscapes,” the nine black-and-white pictures of Arizona include a Chandler front yard, Hoover Dam and Highland Pines in Prescott. The work dates to the 1970s and were taken with a German Rolleiflex camera, which enables medium format photography.
“The images draw you in because of the composition,” Miller said. “It’s like traveling into the photo.”
The works are available for purchase, and prices range from $325 to $550.
As for his show, Miller said, “Using one’s imagination, a person can explore other dimensions beyond the height and width and specific subject matter of the photograph. The limits of exploration are personal, based on experience, attitudes, inventiveness and, to a large degree, an adventuring spirit.”
Miller, 66, a retiree since 2009 from his television photography job of 39 years for Channel 10 (KSAZ), has taught photography at Arizona State University and area community colleges.
He has been exhibiting since 1975 when his work was first displayed at Phoenix Art Museum.
But this is his first in Gilbert, and he has simultaneously incorporated his Morgan book to the show.
Creating the 239-paged “Morgan Exploration” was a labor of love for Miller, who has driven the British built car since the 1960s when he first purchased one from a junkyard and rebuilt it.
“There are no fancy assembly lines, it’s a traditional, handmade car,” said Miller, adding that the term used to describe the car’s manufacture is “coach-built.”
Miller visited the factory in 1969 and most of the 300 pictures in the book were shot then. He released the book in 2009 in California and England to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Morgan factory.
Although this was a personal labor of love, the Morgan management saw the book and designated it the factory’s official pictorial book.
The book traces Miller’s interest in the car company, its early days, the artistic quality of the vehicles and where they are now and the new models.
In 1969, Miller had his own car built in the factory, which remains in England in the care of a friend. Miller drives a 1963 model now.
He estimates there are less than 50 Morgans in Arizona, although the car has a strong following internationally.
Article source: http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2011/05/13/20110513gilbert-photographer-arizona-landscapes-exhibit.html
