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"Beyond the Object", Two Artists, Richard Garrod and Robert Walter -- Two Pathways -- A Shared Vision at the Ordover Gallery, the San Diego Natural History Museum

This show is a dialog between two new friends who have traveled very different roads yet have ended up meeting in a shared territory: They both take us past the boundary lines we use to identify the visual world into a place beyond the object where we can regard the world around us with new eyes. In this day and age of sharp divisions it is unlikely that Richard Garrod and Robert Walter, born a generation apart, would find such strong common ground. Richard Garrod shoots with large format film cameras and develops his pictures in a traditional darkroom while Robert Walter works in a digital darkroom and his camera is a flatbed scanner. Richard has been a photographer for over sixty years and is one of the last trees standing in that legendary group of Monterey area photographers that includes Ansel Adams, Edward and Brett Weston, Imogen Cunningham and Wynn Bullock. Robert Walter’s artistic career spans several decades, but only the last five years have been devoted to creating his hidden world images. Richard Garrod photographs larger scenes which he prints small, mainly in black and white while Robert Walter’s images begin as tiny artifacts of nature that he prints large and mostly in color. Despite these differences, the two men have formed a quick bond of mutual appreciation where the discussion is not about the merits of traditional versus digital photography but rather whether images possess emotion and beauty and mystery. Richard Garrod, a very down to earth person, titled his first book Visual Prayers, because when he is shooting, his involvement with his subject is so strong that the rest of the world recedes and he enters a state that feels like a form of meditation or prayer. The images that result are the culmination of that prayer -- the part that remains for all to see. Most people walk past the pebbles and rocks, the small shards of driftwood, leaves, bark and seedpods that contain the worlds revealed in Robert Walter’s images. For him, finding these hidden places underfoot is an affirmation of how deep nature’s beauty goes and a metaphor for how easy it is to miss as we rush through life. Beyond the Object is an invitation from Richard Garrod and Robert Walter to look deeper into the world around us starting with this small sampling of the discoveries they have made.

Eric Neilsen: Printing In Platinum/Palladium, Ink Jet and Silver Gelatin.

Eric Neilsen Photography has been serving the photographic community with custom printing since 1981. Eric was based in the San Francisco Bay Area until 1989. He relocated to Taos, NM and is currently running his business out of Dallas, TX. Eric Neilsen Photography offers custom printing in platinum/palladium prints, ink jet prints and silver gelatin. He also offers workshops in printing, and has a steady studio business offering portraits sittings and commercial shooting for product and architectural uses. http://ericneilsenphotography.com/

Mitch Dobrowner: The Artist View

Artist Statement: The Earth is an ever-changing eco-system. It's existed well before we were here, and will hopefully be here well beyond the time leave it. It's real, at times beautifully surreal, powerfully haunting and alive all at the same time. While photographing, the world gets quiet around me, and things seem simple again – and I obtain a respect and reverence for the world that is hard to communicate through words. I get into a 'zone' where time and space seem hard for me to measure. For me those moments are a combination of the exterior environment and my interior combining. Hopefully the images presented help communicate what I visualize during those times. Andrew Baum: Printroom.com

Prior to joining Printroom as Vice President of Marketing in late 2006, Andrew was Group Manager of North American Marketing for Pinnacle Systems, a division of Avid Technologies. During a five-plus year tenure at Pinnacle, he also held a variety of senior product marketing and management positions in the professional and consumer video divisions. Prior to Pinnacle, as Product Marketing Manager at Apple, Andrew was an integral part of the launch and success of the industry-leading and Emmy award-winning Final Cut Pro.

Kate MacKinnon

Kate MacKinnon is the wife of famed photographer Clinton MacKinnon, both of help clients achieve photographs of lasting import while also furthering various social causes. Kate works closely with clients who share a passion for charity; she and Clinton donate 10% of the net proceeds of their work to a 501(c)(3) organization of a client's choice. Being at the forefront of this movement also enables Kate to introduce a broader community of people to the world of professional photography and social aid. A former doctoral candidate in chemistry at the University of Alabama, Kate will soon be graduating with an MBA at California Lutheran University.

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