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The photographic art of JD Marston captures an essence of the global landscape that is rapidly vanishing. The viewer is taken into a remarkable outdoor place and time that is available to all, but visited by few. Each of his photographs create a compelling intimacy, bringing the viewer into a sense of direct involvement with the healing magic of nature. JD's desire to communicate the spiritually therapeutic presence of “the Eternal” in nature is the primary motivation for his art. The photographs are messages, quietly calling for people to get in touch with the wonder and healing presence that is constantly available to them.
Recipient of the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography, and numerous others, including: The Ernst Haas Award, a Halo Award, Listing as one of the "Outstanding 2000 Artists and Designers of the 20th Century", numerous "Addies", and "Who's Who?" in American Art", Marston's photography receives acclaim from the art world, photography collectors, and environmentalists alike:
"J.D. Marston's photography is an intimate vastness. One sees the mountain and ends up caring about every pine needle in the forest," says Elden Hughes, Sierra Club Honors and Awards Committee. The Columbus Disptach exclaims : “...another person imitating Marston’s method would be unlikely to approach the physical and spiritual grandeur of his vision”.
JD has walked many miles before coming full circle to a simplified and child-like perception of his subject matter. Starting his life in Stamford, Connecticut, J.D. began photographing microscope samples with a box camera at age ten. He went on to study photography in high school, photojournalism at Boston University, and finally graduated from Emerson College with a degree in communication.
After graduation, Marston was immediately drawn to the Canadian Rocky Mountain wilderness. He spent eight months alone in the mountains, searching for his higher calling and pondering life’s great secret. After his encounter with the wilderness, he returned to civilization to work in the stress management field utilizing acupuncture, body/mind techniques and natural foods.
For 12 years, JD helped people get a grip on stress, but in 1980, he felt it necessary to uncover the spiritual meaning of stress and the illness it produces. This quest led him to India where his "inner sense of the eternal" was awakened by a spiritual master, who also initiated him in the process of spiritual healing. After seven years of meditation, tending a garden and exploring herbs, traveling the Himalayas barefoot, and serving the ill with spiritual healing techniques, JD returned to the States with a vision to share.
At home, in the profound stillness and magnificent presence of nature, JD became aware of his unique ability to capture - with his large format camera - mystical moments that appear continually in nature. His black and white master printing techniques, eye for color, and attention to detail result in images portraying the pure and playful perception of a child. His limited edition black & white or color fine prints may be purchased through this gallery and online, at his website.
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