Beach Fog with Tree Root

Title: Beach Fog with Tree Root
LC Subject: Composition (Photography) Photography Outdoor photography Nature photography Photography of water Landscape photography art photography black-and-white photography nature photography
Creator: Trotter, Claire
Description: A black and white photographic exploration of nature and light. The view is of beachfront, with incoming ocean waves, sandy hills and fog in the background, and driftwood at the forefront. Claire Trotter; beach fog with tree root; state printing Claire Trotter is a native of the Pacific Northwest and livesin Eugene, Oregon. She acquired her basic skills in photography while apprenticed to a commercial photographer in Chicago. Her photographs are a kind of visual haiku. In a simple statement these pictures can suggest realities beond ordinary perception. Her subject is usually nature, celebrating natural light and shadow on rocks, reeds, sand, driftwood, ice, leaves, things we usually pass without seeing. She Works mainly in black and white, using Linhof, Leica and Alpa cameras, and is intensely involved in the entire photographic process from compostion through printing. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in the United States and Europe, has been published in hournals devoted to the arts, and is represented in both public and private collections. (attributed to Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, date unknown--from materials in project binder) The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
Location: State of Oregon Publishing and Distribution >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 550 Airport Rd. S. E., Salem Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1980_salem_print-plant_15_a01
Item Locator: TRO: 81-18
Accession Number: 1980_salem_print-plant_15_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Trotter, Claire
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Measurements: 15 x 20 inches
Material: Photography mounted on all rag museum board
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: 1981 Salem Oregon State Printing Plant 1980_salem_print-plant
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: west wall, lobby
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: …Fixed photography is a very sensitve medium able to communicate the many nuances of nature. It is this exploration of nature & light that is especially fullfilling. (Trotter, 1980)