Cary Enoch Reinstein aka Enoch’s Vision, Inc. started out as an artist but became sidetracked by the high-tech industry. There I spent many years writing reference works for software developers and engineers. I lived at different times in The Bronx where I grew up, the San Francisco Bay Area (various positions in the graphic arts industry), Portland, Oregon (Intel) and the Seattle, Washington area (Microsoft).
Most of my images were made entirely within the camera or enhanced afterwards in an optical slide copier of my own design. I processed Ektachrome film myself and frequently experimented with solarization, push-processing, and cross-processing. Photoshop is the primary tool that I use to reinterpret the natural colors and prepare images for archival printing. I also use Photoshop to suppress excessive grain and scanning artifacts. I do not use artificial image effects.
The signature line I have used for many years is the best statement I can make as an artist: “Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object.” — Joseph Campbell
I’ve included a statement of my interests here because it tells what motivates my art and photography: Bahá’í studies, environmental concerns, animal welfare and care, cosmology, harmony of science and religion, health and diet issues. I am nonpartisan and apolitical.
Favorite Music: primarily mid- and late Renaissance (Vivaldi to Mozart), Beethoven, nearly all Jazz, Celtic, folk and pop-rock, Persian and Indian plus a highly eclectic variety of other music also. Among my favorites are the Moody Blues, Joni Mitchell, Enya, Van Morrison, Sarah MacLachlin, Stevie Nicks, Gloria Estefan, Loreena McKennitt, and many others. I do not enjoy any heavy metal, Rap, Broadway tunes, or “elevator music.”
Favorite Artists: El Greco, Pablo Picasso (earlier work rather than later), Vasilly Kandinsky (also earlier rather than later), Vincent Van Gogh, Marc Chagall, Claude Monet, Mark Tobey. Artists I really dislike: Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, and Piet Mondrian.
Favorite Book: Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u'lláh
Favorite types of movies: recent films with high quality CGI and little or no violence unless absolutely necessary for setting or character development. I never watch overtly violent or war-related movies or those with vulgar or buffoonish humor. I enjoy watching high-quality animation such as Disney/Pixar films. My current favorite TV shows are Doctor Who, Torchwood, Battlestar Galactica, The Dog Whisperer, Meerkat Manor, Monk, and Atlanta Braves broadcasts. I rarely watch News channels except for BBCA. I like the Sci-Fi, National Geographic, Science, History and Discovery channels.
I live now in rural Peach County, Georgia with my German Shepherd Dogs, Luna, Ghibor and Ahava.
“Worthwhile art requires something of us. It insists that we become participants, what J. R. R. Tolkien has called “sub-creators,” in the process of understanding the ideas and insights to which the artist has given sensually perceptible form. Art which does not require this creative effort on our part usually has little of importance to say to us. Art which has no subtlety, which does not stretch us beyond our present awareness, simply reminds us of what we already know.” – John Hatcher, The Divine Art if Revelation
