Pressing the Pause Button of Life

As the world comes and goes with increasing speed, is there any way to focus in on a single point in time? For Denise Keegan Frawley, her drive in life is to do just that. As a photographer, she lives by the adage that photography is pushing the pause button of life, and for the month of August, the will exhibit her photography.

Most of the subjects Frawley will photograph are “macro-shots” on architecture, landscapes, other vistas, items in motion and still life.

“I am just not interested in photographing people,” said Frawley, a resident of Maywood. “What I do is focus on the smaller part of the whole. I like to get up close to an item, and see the texture and the substance that may be missed from far away.”

For instance, while at lunch with friends, a CD was sitting next a glass of water and the sun came through at the right angle. “I always carry my camera with me on occasions like that, especially when I am going someplace new,” said Frawley.

She has been posting her photographs on her blog everyday as a means of challenging herself as an artist. She does it to keep herself motivated and “capture something new.”

When asked why not pursue this as a full-time career, she said her desire is to keep it as a hobby unfettered from bosses and the like. “I like just being able to come and go as I please with photography,” she said. “Photography is a love I have and I am afraid that if it is put in a more defined and formal way, I am afraid I would lose my love of it.”

But in the meantime she will continue to pursue her love of photography and share it with the public.

“I love to look at the mundane or the average from a different perspective,” said Frawley. “I believe by doing so, people can even look at their own lives in a different way. Sometimes we need just to slow down and see it and we find it is there.” 

For more information about Denise Keegan Frawley’s work, visit her site here.