Brian P. Miller: The Path to Accuracy is Silence

Walking into the Gormley Gallery of Fourier Hall, there is usually something there to catch your eye. It is often very silent and still with a few people shuffling about while gazing at whatever is hanging on those cold white walls.

            Recently, I walked in and took notice of the new title posted: The Path to Accuracy is Silence by Brian P. Miller. What a perfect notion for those 34 photographs hanging there, silent stills of everyday life. These highly limited editions mostly portray people who are ideally placed like a dream, but the beauty of reality is that Brian P. Miller simply knows when to snap the shutter catching these delicate moments. His black and white photography exemplifies the human condition from young to old of people from varied backgrounds and life experiences. They might not capture the entirety of their lives, but rather the heart of that moment.

            "Recording their reflection with silver," he stated, as he perceives that moment. Titles such as Bathers taken in Prague or the Man on Charles Street taken right here in Baltimore, illustrates the whimsy of daily instances, that we naturally let slip past us. Take the time to recapture those moments and the bliss of the simplest everyday moment.  Please come to listen to Brian P. Miller give his Gallery Talk on Wednesday, March 2 at noon.