About Me
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Mtazamo Photography
I named my website Mtazamo, a Swahili word for ‘perspective’, because in this age of global transitioning, humankind is being forced by circumstances into a new era, an era filled with unknowns but also with new meanings and understandings. Mtazamo not only denotes perspective but also highlights foresight and attitude, means for acquiring a true understanding of the relative importance of things which are to come. I hope to display this approach through the medium of photography.
At this point in our history, we have now come to realize that materialistic actualization as an approach for humanity’s advancement is a concept plagued with limitations. Operating alone, it has failed because of imbalance, meaning that its unbridled pursuit overpowered the spiritual nature of the human existence, disrupting its ability to achieve long-term viability. Correcting this imbalance will pose a major challenge as we transition to new realities in the coming era.
Photography, as a powerful craft, has a major role to play in this transition. It can portray hope by providing new ideas through visual representation that help bring about new ways of thinking about humanity as a species and encourage a collective endeavour to pursue sustainable objectives. In this way, photography can help lessen the trauma such a forceful change will bring about.
Terry Randolph
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The Royal Photographic Society
RPS HOUSE, 337 Paintworks,
Arnos Vale, Bristol BS4 3AR, UK
Viewpoint
“Photography has often been described as a ‘journey’, beginning with the first attempts to record your surroundings, and deepening in tandem with your relationship to the world ⎯ and the [camera] lens.”
Narrative
Photography used to portray a narrative is an art form in which the photographer manipulates the reality faced in such a way that the viewer perceives the image to be a story. It’s all about how the photographer tells a story with his camera through a series of events that the photographer has chosen to tell, and by making use of light, shadows, and other elements to help highlight the story being told. A challenging and sincere effort on my part.
Expression
Photography is a pleasurable activity that keeps me absolved in finding the right lighting and composition to create my mind’s inner vision of what it takes to create a spirituality orientated image. This is here I have the freedom of expression, the way, when, and how to execute my vision.
Three-headed artwork by Na’il Amedee Naren Randolph.
Part of a school project completed by my son.
Uplands International School., Penang, Malaysia
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Dialogue
Dialogue within and across divides for understanding a people’s right to be inclusive decision-makers.
Image, Persia (Iran), Dec 1970
Unity of Purpose
Efforts made to achieve unity in thought and conscious awareness of common goals and objectives.
Image, Ethiopia, Jan 2001
Collective Endeavour
Galvanise human ability to pursue knowledge, will and collective action to achieve sustainable outcomes.
Image, Hungary, Sep 1983
Service to Humanity
Primary goal of both individual and collective effort is to serve in ways that advances the human species.
Image, Malaysia, Jan 2021