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My name is Julian Dutton, of Monkey Among Chimps Imaging. I am a fourth generation native of Enid, Oklahoma. I have wondered the fields, lots and back alleys of this town my whole life. I have had an interest in photography, shooting as a hobby with much enjoyment for twenty-five years. It was only in the recent past that personal life events have catalyzed an artistic epiphany of sorts. Another dimension of my vision suddenly revealed. I had spent my life, like so many of us do, eyes looking straight ahead, seeing only with tunnel vision. As of late, I began noticing what lies in the periphery, allowing this information access to a deeper part of myself. I began to SEE.

Now, beauty and emotion all around, plain to see. I decide to primarily focus on that which is not conventionally considered esthetically pleasing. In the corner of your eye, on the ground passing beneath your feet, my eyes find their playground. Much as someone might fall for the mutt in the pound, I have fallen for things ordinarily overlooked, things that make you work to appreciate their charms.

Prominent in Japanese folklore are "Yokai"., sprits or demons that live all around. Some avoid humans, others concentrate around human dwellings. One type inhabit dwellings , machinery and implements abandoned by humans. My belief is not necessarily in spirits or ghosts. Rather, I like to think that there are places in our hearts that resonate to the echoes of the past. The abandoned, derelict and discarded call to me. There is beauty in the broken. These things may be finally finding their rest in the process of entropy, Nature’s gradual reclamation of what was once hers.

My hope is that , as you view my images, you ponder the possible stories associated with the subjects therein. The tool that a man labored with for years to put food on the table. The car where young lovers stole their first kiss. The house that bore witness to generations of births, deaths, joys and tragedies, and, not insignificantly, folks just living their daily lives. Just as you are doing now. Think of these things, open more than just your eyes, SEE, and enjoy!

 

 

Julian Dutton,

Monkey Among Chimps.

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OLD PHOTOBLOGS from old profile HERE!~Something for St. Patty’s Day~4 wheelers on Cimarron River Sandbar~ Throw my ass in the kitchen and I rock like BonJovi with big hair!~ Aborted Norman Bates House shoot~Winter Does Not Release Her Icy Grasp~a couple of birthday parties~ Dirt road Adventures Part 2... The Ghost Lodge~ 120 mile dirt road cruise Part 1~Breaking News!~ Random- contest submissions and a drive in the boonies~I loves me some photoshop! (Restoration project)~ Last NYE revisited.~Help me pick for AC Photos- Theme=Weather~I really have it pretty freakin’ good~ More winter shots~Dedication~ And now, for something completely different...~Ice storms and razor wire....finally in the groove~ My Portfolio~Scenes From Garfield County, A Study In Gray Scale~ Just some fun at Mom’s on turkey day~Repost of last year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade~Maternity seriesHeath takes Rachel for his bride.~repost of last year’s Halloween blog w/ updates~Scary Ass Old House in the Middle of Nowhere~Grampa’s reel (A Study in Still Life)~In the Pumpkin Patch~9:02 Hallowed Ground~Amy’s baby girl~The Lovely Heather~Brew Crew, here are your pictures (finally) {softball}~One man's crapheap...or...Zen and the art of the self portrait~Blood, Sweat and Tears = Poetry in Motion~ Not worthless, but don't really fit in anywhere(like me!)~Savin' Lives~I am SO over flower pictures (so, WTF is this?)~ Part B of Bananas Monkey's favorites of this year~Monkey's Bananas (Summer re-runs) Part One~Bird,Bee,Tom,Huck, and Dubya IIKid with a new toy~Juneteenth~Boggy Creek (I got off work early)~Shadow of a prairie mansion (near Douglas, Okla.)~Rollin' in my Sweet Babies Arms~Nicole's softball game~Daisy~Wind damage pictures~Lamont, Oklahoma~50 meters and 5 minutes apart~Garber, Oklahoma~Blogging Jones ~Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ~Up with the Bigtop, The circus is in town!~Brett (Senior portrait)~Turkey Creek School~Random leftovers ~WEED ~"snapshot" is not a dirty word-Nephews Bday party ~Joel's last season of high school track~last of the Wisconsin pics ~barns and misc leftovers~more Wisconsin People on Ice ~A Day at the Beach (Wisconsin style) ~First set from Milwaukee, Wisconsin~ SNOW ~old 2 story farmhouse w/ tractor and chevy ~learning the controls on new Sony Alpha 100 ~last pics w/ my Olympus E-10 ~Amateur Night (NYE 2006/2007)2006 ~Abandoned Trail Drive In Theater ~Christmas ~Pond Creek, Oklahoma and a couple of misc. ~kid with Christmas lights ~old scans of my kids before they got old~do you believe in ghosts? ~Happy Birthday! ~Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte ~Misc, and Charlote at night, Cross Country Nationals ~Thanksgiving Day Parade, Charlotte,N.C. ~day one--trip to CC nationals in Charlotte (Little Rock) ~Oklahoma country drive and random junk ~~C-Note at Govenment Springs~PC~ ~Autumn~train trestles, shadows and reflections (whut fer?)~Halloween ~kid portraits ~Cross Country State Championship ~starlings at dusk ~foggy morning abandoned train station~ Good race~ Joel gets a mohawk~old fire pics~ Joel's PR of 16:14 earns 2nd in Conference !!!~ Again With These Fucking Bricks?~ My nephew Bray is Super!~ Imo Cemetery just added to other Graveyard stuff~ A Day at the Races (Cowboy Jamboree)~ S. West Railroad Avenue happy bricks~ Last night, all is dark,after I had Anger Management~Around Simpson's Mercantile more bricks and shit~My first photoblog~~~