"Padded" by Jefferson Spring

13 x 19 inches
Photographic archival print
$285

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Artist Statement: 

I am a landscape photographer based in the northwestern United States. I am blessed with access to miles of undeveloped Pacific coastline, most of which looks much as it did 10,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age. I visit these spectacular settings throughout the year, and the landscapes there serve as my constant subjects, among others.

The making of this work is therapeutic.  Being in wild places grounds me and brings solace and mental clarity. I love being in the elements, particularly in the cooler, wetter months.  Thematically, water, in all its phases, often plays a key role in my images, lending a sense of slowed time, or creating a film of gossamer atmosphere throughout the image. 

About the Artist:

Jefferson Spring is a Washington D.C. native that relocated to Washington State in 1978.

He is a self-taught photographer, nudged towards large-scale landscapes by the prominent landscape painters of the Hudson River School, such as Thomas Cole, Frederick Church, and Albert Bierstadt.  

Mr. Spring was exposed to cameras and photographers from an early age, and like many households of 1960s and 70s, his enjoyed subscriptions to the large-format photojournalism publications of the time, primarily Look and Life magazines. This parade of photographic imagery combined with working in his father’s darkroom set the stage for a lifetime of photographic exploration which came fully to fruition in the digital age.

As a landscape photographer, his work necessarily fixates on the natural elements: atmosphere, water, rock, and flora.  These elements are found throughout his work, from epic vistas to intimate tableaus.

He works exclusively with full-frame digital cameras.

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