ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

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Bruce's photographs are an expression of his attraction to simplicity within his subject matter. Simple and limited subject matter and colors combined with a unique quality of light and a passion for photography and travel result in the photographs before you that are part of THE SIMPLICITY COLLECTION. The collection has been captured using film and digital cameras throughout the world including locations in Tuscany Italy, Martha's Vineyard MA, New Orleans LA, Naples FL, Key West FL, San Francisco CA, New York NY,and Cleveland OH.

Residing in Northeast Ohio, Bruce's photographic background stems from over 30 years of experience on multiple levels including staff and freelance positions with various publications and concert venues as well as self-employment within the photographic processing and portrait industry as a former Franchisee of a Moto Photo location in Westlake, Ohio for 10 years.

Bruce has focused his attention on fine art photography over the last 15 years. As a Workshop Assistant, he shares his passion and knowledge of photography with eager to fellow photographers on the island of Martha's Vineyard during an annual photographic workshop held by his mentor and friend Alison Shaw (please visit www.alisonshaw.com). Without Alison's inspiration and sharing, many of the images on this Website would not have been possible.

As an extension of his regular gallery exhibitions, Bruce spent the summer of '05 on the the art show circuit completing 15 consecutive shows from St. Louis to Rochester, NY and many points in between including the country's largest art fair in Ann Arbor, Michigan, "The State Street Fair". Bruce was the featured artist at this fair and his image "Tuscany" was featured on all promotional materials for the fair, a true honor.

Bruce's images have also been featured in Photographer's Forum Magazine as well as many other publications including Modern Drummer Magazine, Guitar Player Magazine, and the former Richfield Coliseum's RAVE Magazine.

TECHNICAL:
Bruce's film of choice for many years was Fuji Film's Velvia transparency film. In the early part of 2006, Bruce converted to digital photography by purchasing a Canon 30D digital SLR.

Cameras used have included the Canon 30D, Canon EOS 1, Pentax 645 and Pentax 67 bodies combined with Canon, Pentax and Tamron lenses.

While remaining somewhat of a purist to the original concepts of photography (i.e. the image is created in the camera, not in the computer), minor retouching has been done on the images you see on this site. The largest majority of images were created on film, though that ratio is sure to change dramatically as digital is now the chosen image capture method.

Unless otherwise stated, or unless the image is black and white, all prints are printed on Fuji Crystal Archive's Super High Gloss, highly color saturated photographic paper, matted with a pure white, 8 ply archival quality matt with archival quality foam core or matt backing boards. All prints and matts are signed and numbered. Printing images on canvas is a wonderful print option not featured on this site but one that's available. Please call for pricing and availability.