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Rich Bergeman — photography

About My Photography
A native of Ohio and an Oregonian since 1976, Rich Bergeman has been a writer, editor and educator during his career, and a fine art photographer for over 25 years.  Using large-format film cameras as well as digital cameras, he looks for inspiration in places where the past lingers within the present. In recent years, he has been chronicling the disappearing traces of Oregon’s bygone days on both sides of the Cascades in a series of related projects—“Tidewaters: Rivers in the Wake of Man:, “East of Eden: Settling the High Desert”; and “Place Names: Vanishing Sites in the Coast Range.” Bergeman’s black-and-white fine art prints are made in the traditional platinum process, one of the most permanent and tonally rich printing media known.  Although Rich also photographs in color (generally for travel and personal use) he seldom exhibits color prints. The three color images in this exhibit are from an excursion to Baker County, Oregon, in 2009 to photograph one of the last operating steam locomotives in the state.

Recent Exhibits
2010, May:  
Corrine Woodman Gallery, The Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon
“Points of View: Studies in Perspective,” with Charles Search and Walt O’Brien

2010, March:
Upstairs Gallery, Visual Arts Center, Newport, Oregon
“The Place Names Project,” platinum prints

2009, March:
Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, Oregon
“Disappearing Oregon,” platinum prints

2008, October:
Pegasus Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon
“Seen Along the Way,” a retrospective of silver and platinum prints

2008, Feb.-Mar:
Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
“Telling Stories,” with Paul Neevel

2007, July-Aug:
Florence Events Center, Florence, Oregon
"Tidewaters,” platinum prints

2007, Mar.-Apr.:
DIVA Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
“East of Eden,” platinum prints

Upcoming Exhibits
Oct-Dec. 2010:
OSU Humanities Center (Autzen House), 8th and Jefferson, Corvallis
"The Place Names Project,” platinum prints

Oct-Dec. 2010:
Blackfish Café, Lincoln City, Oregon
“Disappearing Oregon,” platinum prints

Represented by:
Pegasus Gallery, Corvallis, Oregon

Visit Rich Bergeman's website.