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SAN ANTONIO
MEDICINE

Artistic Expression in Medicine

By Oliver H. Johnson, MD

I started seriously taking photographs 12
years ago when a friend had booked a ten-
day workshop in Italy with a professional
photographer and couldn’t use it. He offered
the slot to my wife and me, and it seemed
like the perfect learning vacation. There were
ten mostly professional photographers and
myself as students on the tour. I was able to
watch and learn how pros do it in the beau-
tiful landscapes of Tuscany. I learned much
on that and many other workshops includ-
ing ones in France, Sicily, England and Cuba
as well as Death Valley, Washington’s
Palouse, the Oregon coast and most recently
Acadia National Forest in Maine two weeks
ago. COVID-19 and retirement in 2020
gave me much time at home to hone my
post-processing skills with online tutorials in
Photoshop and Lightroom from nationally
known tutors. My photographic journey is Castle Grotti Sunrise, Tuscany, Italy, 2018
ongoing, and I now strive to create the 'com-
pelling frame,’ attempting to always capture
and convey the feeling I had when observing
the scene, more than just a well-exposed,
sharp image. Scotland and the northwest
coast are my next immediate destinations.
I’m constantly striving to see with the pho-
tographer’s eye.
The Bexar County Medical Society would
like to thank Dr. Johnson for his work pro-
ducing the February and July 2021 magazine
cover photos of San Antonio Medicine fea- Abbey Sebanc Lavender, South France, 2014
turing Dr. Rodolfo “Rudy” Molina, 2021
BCMS President and Melody Newsom,
CEO. Displayed are a selection of his most
prominent photographs.

Oliver H. Johnson, MD is the
Chair of the Physician Health &
Rehabilitation Committee and is a
member of the Bexar County Medical Society.

Jessup Path, Acadia National Forest, 2021 Thor’s Well Oregon Coast, 2018

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