Patrick Amstel

Ever since I can remember, I've been drawn to the art of photography, not just for the obvious visuals but for the stories that can be told by and the soul found within each photograph.

Some cultures believe that a photograph steals the soul of the one it captures. To me, it's quite the opposite. A powerful photograph empowers the subject and viewer alike to act rather than just exist passively, to live instead of merely surviving and to think instead of just be.


Within each photo there is revealed inspiration and I gradually realized over the years that the beauty I glimpsed there was not just in some far away place but here, where we are and all around us where we are now; we just have to look to see it.

Spiritual. Dynamic. Creative. I don't accept "average" in my models, and work to bring out their inner being. Those I chose to shoot crave adventure within their photos. I am not for everyone, because I challenge tradition, but those that dare take the chance, Come explore the other side of reality!