Creative Musings and Motivations

Asual Aswad 

My creative eye captures the pleasure of seeing and being cognizant of the world around me, pushing the boundaries to ultimately document the alchemy that crystallizes the photo, the subject and movement into a single dynamic image. Yet, each image is a part of a continual ongoing work in progress that exists both independently and collectively, forever my oeuvre. 

My images express line, shape, patterns and color fragments that reside within the mundane dimensions. It’s the space inbetween our lives that many overlook, but whose presence is obvious to me. If the viewer can appreciate the under-explored visuals around us, my goal as a photographer has been achieved.  

Intuition drives the choice of subject matter I decide to document. This is fueled by an impetuous desire to engage in the stories that are begging to unfold visually. In essence, to see the unseen and capture it with my camera.

Asual Aswad is a printmaker, photographer and fabric designer who is originally from Washington D.C. He graduated from City College of San Francisco with a degree in Photography and Printmaking Technology. From the California College of Arts and Crafts (CCA), he received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a focus in Glass and Textiles. Aswad has been exhibiting nationally and internationally and teaching youth and adults for 30 years.

In Gratitude

Asual Kwahuumba Aswad