Uncharted Territories
BRIAN HALLAS
Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey

BIOGRAPHY
Brian Hallas is an innovative award-winning abstract/surrealist digital photographer from New Jersey, whose journey has always been about exploration and transformation. He uses an iPhone as his tool of choice to capture and craft surreal landscapes and abstract bouquets resulting in painterly renderings where the familiar becomes extraordinary. Through non-AI layering and blending techniques each piece is a rich and revelatory, sometimes hallucinogenic, experience where vibrant colors, dynamic shapes and textures, and pure imagination converge. Each new work is rooted in his desire to explore, to push boundaries, to find adventure. What results is a celebration of the intersection between the eye and the imagination, which is unique to Brian's way of seeing, and which resonates with viewers around the world.
ARTIST STATEMENT
As an abstract/surrealist digital photographer, I reimagine my iPhone pictures of the flora and terrain that surround me. Using modern non-AI technology, I improvise with layering and filters to alter and heighten my subject matter. The result is a painterly and often hallucinogenic explosion of color, shape, and texture. Each image becomes an invitation to explore the unseen by transcending the ordinary.