Artist Statement

Craig Boehman is a photographer and visual artist whose work moves fluidly between the real and the imagined. He is known for capturing the raw spontaneity of street life and transforming it into fine art that questions how we perceive ordinary moments. His images reveal fleeting gestures and hidden layers within urban scenes, often elevating the overlooked into something quietly remarkable.

His process combines traditional photography, thoughtful editing, and synthography, the practice of creating visuals through synthetic means rather than a conventional camera. Whether beginning with a candid street scene, an abstract idea, or a concept developed through synthography, Craig treats every image as material to be shaped and refined. His tools act as creative collaborators, extending his instinct and eye for composition.

Each final piece is carefully refined, upscaled, and polished, blending human craft with synthetic invention. The result is a body of work that resists easy labels: neither purely photography nor entirely synthetic, but a synthesis that reflects the evolving language of image-making today.

Craig’s work stands on its own without explanation or narrative. He rejects the need to frame each image with context, preferring instead that each piece function independently and within the larger body of his practice. Whether a candid street capture, an abstracted frame, or a constructed synthographic scene, the work remains open to multiple readings. For Craig, ambiguity is not a gap to fill but a deliberate space for the viewer’s own perception.