about mel talley

Internationally and Nationally Recognized
Award-winning Photographer

First and foremost, Mel Talley is a traditional photographer that shoots diverse subjects; shooting driven solely by a personal creative vision with the associated challenge to create a final image or series of images. While his work is recognized as "art", he leaves any judgments of his work as "art" or he as an "artist" to others. He is content to simply describe himself as a “photographer”.

Mel has been practicing the craft of photography for over 45 years that started when he worked for a local studio at the age of 14. His shooting ranges from a traditional documentary approach of capturing a "moment in time" to the very different challenge of creating an image that rests solely in his imagination; the result being a concatenation of idea, content and execution.  Any further attempt of elaboration would be superfluous at best.   

His work has been recognized and exhibited Internationally, Nationally, Regionally. and locally.

A continuing goal is to create work that causes individuals to take pause and actively view.  The work, his “statement”, does not attempt to shout a message to the viewer but alternatively strives to be a catalyst for individuals to explore and create a narrative from their imaginations; thus a symbiotic creative collaboration is formed between the work and the onlooker.

Mel is also a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified Commercial Drone Pilot. Certificate# 004155393 and maintains a studio in historic downtown Petersburg.

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