Welcome to my photography site. I hope you like what you see and return often.
While I am known to photograph just about anything, anywhere, my photography is driven by a sense of history.
I grew up in the shadow of the Industrial Revolution, in Lowell, Massachusetts. Through my childhood and early adulthood I watched the old textile mills that helped build the city transform from the industrial era dinosaurs that they were, to apartments, condos, retail space and office space. In some cases, they were simply razed to make way for more modern buildings or open space. Sadly, I watched it happen without picking up a camera.
Today I live just up the river, outside of Lowell's sister City, Lawrence, another key player in the Industrial Revolution. Many of the city's mill buildings remain virtually unchanged since they were built. They serve as my photographic playground.
It is part urban exploration photography and part documentary photography. I shoot the mills as they are today so we can remember what they were like tomorrow.
Of course, it's not all I shoot. I enjoy shooting other old and forgotten buildings, landscapes, cityscapes architecture and nature. I've even been known to photograph people. If my arm is twisted enough, that is.
I am a devotee of High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography, a process that expands the dynamic range of light to produce an image truer to the eye than a single exposure can capture.
My images are available for sale at lussier.smugmug.com. Please contact me if you are interested in my services or commercial use of my images.
On a personal note, I've been happily married to my wife, Jean for over 25 years. We live in Methuen, Massachusetts with our three sons and two very annoying hybrid dogs.
Photo by Brian Matiash, copyright © 2010 BrianMatiash.com.
Finding time to get back into the mills for any length of time, or to get back to the church has been a challenge, but last week I did take the time to pop over to the Pacific Mill Diner to grab a couple of images.
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