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Title
Untitled
LC Subject
Photography Outdoor photography Nature photography Sand dunes Sand dune plants art photography black-and-white photography nature photography photography (discipline) gelatin silver prints
Creator
Trotter, Claire
Description
A black-and-white photograph depicting a solitary, thorny organic form in the midst of a sand dune. 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
Oregon State Capitol >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address
900 Court Street N.E., Salem, Oregon
Award Date
1971
Identifier
1976_state_capital_photo_58_a01
Item Locator
TRO; 77-131
Accession Number
1976_state_capital_photo_58_a01
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
Trotter, Claire
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Photography black & white photography
Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set
Oregon Percent for Art
Relation
1976-77 State Capitol Photograph Collection, Salem Oregon 1976_state_capital_photo
Has Version
slide; color
Institution
Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note
room 292
Color Space
RGB