Photographs by Barry Tarr

While studying for a degree in Computer Science I expanded my passion for photography into becoming photography editor and then editor-in-chief for my college yearbook.   As President of the Camera Club I built and maintained my first darkroom and organized an annual photographic exhibit of the work of our club members.  I was also fortunate to have been asked to present my own one-man show.  After college I continued to take photographs and build and work in my darkrooms, but as life inevitably intervened I had less and less time to do the kind of photography that I knew I could create.

With the advent of digital SLR cameras the possibility of returning to serious photography became a reality.  I find that the digital darkroom is an easier place to produce high quality images than is the traditional darkroom.  I am sure that the debate of digital vs. film will continue for a long time to come.  However, I believe that the tools available in the digital realm enhance the creative process allowing me to better focus on the images that I wish to capture.

I decided that if I was going to return to serious photography I wanted to share my images with a wider audience than simply family and friends.  The thought of creating images and putting them in a drawer felt too limiting.  I am President of the York Art Association and a member of the New Hampshire Art Association and the Newburyport Art Association.

Barry Tarr

Sea Change Photography