Finding His Muse: Acclaimed Photographer Discovers New Home at Rogersville Gallery (February 15, 2012)
ROGERSVILLE — Sam Bass said he was a young Navy journalist in the early 1960s with little ambition to pick up a camera, "there were, after all, young Navy photographers to do that," he said, but when he finally did, it changed his view of the world. More than 40 years later, Bass has established himself in photojournalism and strives to help others see their own surroundings through a different lens. A few of those views are currently on display at the Local Artist Gallery in Rogersville, but Sam's story is far larger than the confines of an exhibition hall. "The best photographers strive to be masters of light, shadow, composition, and time," he said. "We attempt to balance these elements to create the most powerful, thought-provoking images, remembering always we are but stewards of an instance in time. But we're more than simply stewards, we interpret that instant." Those photographic interpretati...