Jack Ridley

Window View, Big Bend

1985

Signed and titled in pencil on print margin. 20 x 25 in. Jack Ridley was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1948. He spent his earliest years at Edwards Air Force in California where he first developed an appreciation of high desert landscapes. His family eventually settled in Ft. Worth, TX, and later Dallas, where Ridley currently lives and works. Ridley has been photographing Texas landscapes in black and white with large format cameras for over thirty years. Traveling to the far ridges of Texas, Ridley sets up camp for weeks at a time, thoughtfully composing and creating timeless images of Texas’ most beautiful natural spaces such as Big Bend...

Sunrise, Rio Grande and Santa Elena Canyon by Jack Ridley presents a sublime scene. The Rio Grande river cuts through the landscape of Big Bend National Park, leading to the Santa Elena Canyon wall in the background. The light sky and water contrast with the dark vegetation in the foreground, drawing focus throughout the image. Archival Pigment Print Signed and titled in pencil on print margin by Jack Ridley This print is available in multiple sizes. "At least twice a year, Ridley ventures to Big Bend with his 8 x 10 view camera...

Born in 1939 in Louisville Kentucky, David Gibson is primarily a self-taught photographer. Years of developing and refining his photographic technique have afforded him much recognition, especially for his panoramic landscapes of Texas and the Four Corners region. Gibson's luminous black-and-white landscapes demonstrate a remarkable sensitivity to light and mood. Dramatic clouds, imminent storms and an occasional lighting strike...

California Dreaming by Frank Schott from a series of photographs capturing the Golden State's vast desert landscapes 27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm edition of 25 signed 48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183cm edition of 7 signed archival quality fine art pigment print limited art edition published by Edition EKTAlux artist signed + numbered certificate of authenticity ________________________ Frank Schott grew up in Germany and attended the prestigious Academy of Arts in Cologne, studying under Professor Arno Jansen, who was an early influence. Moving to California in 1998, Schott's work has evolved to include the epic landscapes and deserts of the American West as well as architectural, conceptual and more formal environments from both home and his travels. Influenced by a number of photographic peers and precursors such as Candida Höfer, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall, Michael Wolf, Gregory Crewdson, William Eggleston and Joel Sternfeld, Schott's images successfully blend technical, conceptual and formal rigor with a decisive sense of composition and color. Schott's images have an iconic sensibility and give us a bird's eye view onto humanity and its constructs. The specific is edged towards the abstract, often revealing the compelling and disjunctive moment where nature meets man. Frank Schott was born in Cologne, Germany in 1962. He currently lives and works in San Francisco...