SWISS ALPS - HIKE & PHOTO
- The Alps through the Lens with Craig Richards
Craig Richards
Valle di Susa © Craig Richards
Since 1987 Craig Richards has been teaching photographic workshops devoted solely to the study of photography as an expressive art form. The emphasis is on close work with each participant to expand his or her visual creativity and means of personal expression.
The most important part of photography is seeing, and the second most important thing is carrying that seeing through to a final image that conveys your thoughts to others. Whether your route is traditional film-based photography or digital photography, this workshop will dramatically enhance your seeing, and your ability to carry it through to the final print. You'll learn about strong seeing, about light, about effective composition, about creating a mood and interpreting a scene to turn it into your own vision.
You'll learn how to express yourself better about the world that is photographically important to you, and how to create whole new worlds.
In addition, the workshop will feature complete reviews and discussions of your work, with an eye toward suggesting ways to refine and improve the imagery. Craig will present selections of his own work, explaining every aspect of the thinking behind the imagery, the initial exposures and developments of the negatives, and the printing of the final image.
"The mountains pose an universal paradox, an ever-present reminder of nature's power and its fragility."
Craig Richards was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1955. In 1980 he moved to Canmore, Alberta, the gateway to the Canadian Rockies and continues to call these mountains home.
For 30 years Richards has used a 4x5 camera combined with the traditional silver gelatin printing process. His interests as artist, avid hiker, photographer, and mountain culture aficionado have coalesced to form an engaging body of work.
His photographs have been the subject of over 40 solo exhibitions, and another 45 group exhibitions at public and commercial galleries as well as museums throughout the world. Photography is woven into all aspects of his life.
Craig Richards has been a guest instructor teaching photographic workshops in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe and Africa. He has given lectures and presentations of his photographs around the world.
Richards is currently Curator of Photography at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta.
Since 1995 he has worked on numerous projects for the Museo Nazionale Della Montagna, Torino, Italy.
These photographic projects include Canada (Rocky Mountains and Yukon), Guatemala, Italy (Valle di Susa), Uganda (Rwezori), USA (Alaska) and the Czech Republic (Teplice and Metuji).
"I love the violence of storms as well as the delicacy and the calm. All of this is prevalent in my photographs as well as my excitement, my awe, and my interpretation. I'm not trying to document where I have been but show what I feel about where I am. This dramatic and textural mountainscape is not just a mass of inanimate objects, it is alive, with personalities that change continuously with each minute, hour, day and season."
For more information: www.craigrichardsphotography.com/portfolios
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