{"id":1225704,"date":"2022-10-16T09:24:44","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T09:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/16\/photographer-elroy-salam-on-evoking-emotions-through-the-lens\/"},"modified":"2022-10-16T09:24:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T09:24:44","slug":"photographer-elroy-salam-on-evoking-emotions-through-the-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/16\/photographer-elroy-salam-on-evoking-emotions-through-the-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer Elroy Salam on evoking emotions through the lens \u2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"773\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/harmattan-boy-696x773.jpg\"   alt=\"Elroy Salam\" title=\"harmattan boy\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_top  tdi_3 td_block_template_5\">\n<div class=\"td-visible-desktop\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Half-year-tax-ad-2022_990x100-tax.gif\" https:=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghanaian photographer Elroy Salam expresses powerful emotions through moody scenes and surreal imagery. His conceptual imagery evokes somber feelings and projects hints of loneliness.<\/p>\n<p>Elroy discovered photography in 2015 and as a self-taught artist, gained all his knowledge through YouTube tutorials. Being an introvert, he uses photography as a means of escape and also a medium to convey his feelings and personify his thoughts and imagination.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-420001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/299316833_1192309501625242_4991077114395938071_n-elroy-salam-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Elroy Salam\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>For Elroy, the power of photography lies in an image\u2019s ability to recall strong emotions, feelings and imagination. He believes in being able to transport audiences to another dimension\u2014through time and space\u2014to connect with their emotions and memories.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One of the greatest powers of photography is the ability of expressing one\u2019s emotions through it<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elroy Salam (@elroysalam_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elroysalam_\/status\/1580975944096829440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI feel that photographs like most art, evoke emotions and connect us on a deeper level. Sometimes the only way I am able to understand some of my thoughts and how I feel is after I create a visual representation of them\u201d, Elroy said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-420002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/298981538_189624086756950_4152281245910592843_n-elroysalam-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Elroy Salam\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Ghana\/Starrfm.com.gh\/103.5FM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <!-- A generated by theme --> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- end A --> <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.1&appId=1201200913327594&autoLogAppEvents=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starrfm.com.gh\/2022\/10\/photographer-elroy-salam-on-evoking-emotions-through-the-lens\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian photographer Elroy Salam expresses powerful emotions through moody scenes and surreal imagery. His conceptual imagery evokes somber feelings and projects hints of loneliness. Elroy discovered photography in 2015 and as a self-taught artist, gained all his knowledge through YouTube tutorials. 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