John Richter
John has received several awards and merits including "Best of Photography" Tempe Festival of the Arts as well as being chosen as the featured artist Vail Arts Festival 2008. His work appears in many corporate and private collections around the globe. In 2008, John was commissioned to install a four by ten foot floating box mount piece for Urban Villages. This is the center-piece for very contemporary new luxury residential development in the heart of Denver's Historc Lower Downtown. Currently John and his beautiful family live in Jackson Wyoming at the foot of the ominous Grand Teton mountains.
Artists Statement
Capturing the light is what I strive for every time I head into the field, for it is the light that transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. As the world turns, light brings our attention to the infinite details and nuances found in the environment around us. A storm breaking over the mountains at sunset; a forest shrouded in fog; first light illuminating the red rocks of the desert, these elusive moments speak to me, bringing life to an otherwise static image.
I choose to capture these moments using a large format view camera and traditionial film. For landscape photography, the view camera more closely duplicates the way we interpret the world around us, while capturing unbelieveable detail. When I compose a new photograph I attempt to arrange the composition in a way that tells a story. Though I often approach a place with a pre-conceived vision, my best images are often the result of pure, timeless intuitive pursuit full of emotion, and rich with enlightenment. At its core, I strive to record fleeting moments of change that fill our wold with mystery and wonder.
Artists Statement
Capturing the light is what I strive for every time I head into the field, for it is the light that transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. As the world turns, light brings our attention to the infinite details and nuances found in the environment around us. A storm breaking over the mountains at sunset; a forest shrouded in fog; first light illuminating the red rocks of the desert, these elusive moments speak to me, bringing life to an otherwise static image.
I choose to capture these moments using a large format view camera and traditionial film. For landscape photography, the view camera more closely duplicates the way we interpret the world around us, while capturing unbelieveable detail. When I compose a new photograph I attempt to arrange the composition in a way that tells a story. Though I often approach a place with a pre-conceived vision, my best images are often the result of pure, timeless intuitive pursuit full of emotion, and rich with enlightenment. At its core, I strive to record fleeting moments of change that fill our wold with mystery and wonder.
