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Walt O’Brien — photography

Walt O'Brien has been photographing seriously since about 1984. He has worked in many photo related jobs since 1968 after attending the Brooks Institute of Photography. Since 1980 he has been the proprietor of several photo lab businesses. O'Brien currently prints for other photographers, amateur and professional.

O'Brien has been a member of PhotoZone Gallery since 1992 and has been exhibited there and in other galleries to include Umpqua Valley Arts Cneter, Umpqua Community College Gallery and more recently at the Jacobs Gallery in Eugene. He is a member of the PhotoArts Guild in Corvallis and the Emerald Arts Center in Springfield. He taught photography at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg and at Lane Community College in Eugene.

O'Brien's creative photographic interests have mostly followed the straight landscape in both black&white and color. The industry is in the midst of change with emergence of digital techniques. His work now explores and uses a mixture of these technologies with the old. He strives to make the technology transparent. The end result is the image and it's impact on viewers regardless of how it is achieved.

Resume

1968 attended the Brooks Institute of Photography, has worked in photo related jobs ever since.

1980 proprietor of several photo lab business

1984 started to photograph seriously for himself

1992 membership Photo Zone Gallery 

Exhibitions

Umpqua  Valley Arts Center, Roseburg

Umpqua Community College Gallery, Roseburg

Jacobs Gallery, Eugene

Teaching

Photography at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg

Photography at Lane Community College, Eugene

Visit Walt O’Brien's website.