Richard Malogorski - "Pine Grove Near Island Pond, VT" Photograph

"Pine Grove Near Island Pond, Vermont (2004) 5/50"
26" x 30".
Framed.


Richard Malogorski - Ohio Artist

"I have the desire to photograph. I go out with my camera. I come across something that excites me emotionally, spiritually, aesthetically. I see the photograph in my minds eye and I compose and expose the negative. I give you the print as the equivalent of what I saw and felt." - Alfred Stieglitz.

Although the world of photography is now almost entirely digital, I continue to work with large format film and silver gelatin paper as I believe that for monochrome it still gives the best image quality. The greatest quality of photographic art, in my opinion, has always been that it is an expression of reality and a good photographer can find beauty in the world without resorting to manipulation. My work is straightforward and truthful. I continue to work with only two cameras. My 8" x 10" view camera and my no. 8 Cirkut camera. My method is to travel around America and find beauty in the landscape, not only the natural world but also in small towns, churches and churchyards, schools and schoolyards machine shops, grocery stores, water towers, windmills, grain elevators, hardware stores and anything else that I find expressive of a life that is a part of the world. While much new photography is computer based, I am still a traditional photographer.

My Techniques

The panoramic images presented here were made using a No. 8 Cirkut camera. Cirkut cameras are large format cameras, which expose a roll of film as the entire instrument rotates upon a geared platform. These cameras were made from the year 1904 through 1941. All Cirkut prints are contact prints.

The non-panoramic prints were created using an 8"x10" view camera. It is inherent in the design of this instrument that great foresight must be given to the subject before an exposure can be made. In addition, the 8"x10" film size makes possible print quality of a very high level.

Each camera requires a fundamentally different approach to composition. With the 8"x10" I work within the traditional rectangular format, organizing shapes and values into a cohesive visual expression.

The Cirkut camera requires that I compose in a linear mode, organizing upon a long flowing line. In addition, I must consider the rotational aspect of the instrument and visualize a two-dimensional expression of a scene of many dimensions. Height, width, and depth are obvious, but the motion of the camera creates a new dimension that is realized only when I lift the developed negative from the fixer, to see for the first time a new world revealed through the simple act of rotation.

Born: 1957 Kettering, OH
Residence: Bath Township, OH
Education: Film Studies 1976-1979 Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Solo Exhibitions

2019 Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH
2011 Fairmont Gallery, Kettering, OH
2008 Fairmont Gallery, Kettering, OH
2006 Kettering government center, Kettering, OH
2004 Kettering government center, Kettering, OH
2003 The Gallery at Edison, Edison Community College, Piqua, OH
2001 Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
2001 Saint Clair Gallery, Dayton, OH
2001 Alternative Photography II, Miami Valley Cooperative Gallery, Dayton, OH
2001 Stivers High School for The Arts, Dayton, OH
2000 Miami Valley Cooperative Gallery, Downtown Y.M.C.A. Location.
1999 Kettering Government Center, Kettering, OH
1998 Town and Country Fine Arts Gallery, Kettering, OH
1997 SRO Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
1997 Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
1995 Sycamore Gallery, Miamisburg, OH
1994 Miami Valley Cooperative Gallery, Downtown Gallery, Dayton, OH

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 "The View" Landscape Show, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2010 "Works on Paper" Group Show, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2010 The View Landscape Show, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2009 "Works on Paper" Group Show, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2009 The View Landscape Show, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2008 "Works on Paper" Group Show, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2008 The View Landscape Show Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2006 The View" Landscape Show Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2005 "Works on Paper" Group Show, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2005 The View Landscape Show, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2004 en-vision: Artists respond to environmental crisis: Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
2001 The View Landscape Competition, Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, OH
2001 Works on Paper, Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, OH
1998 The View Landscape Competition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
1997 Two Person Show, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
1997 Club Art, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
1996 Rosewood Gallery, Works on Paper, Kettering, OH
1996 Regional Artists Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
1995 Rosewood Gallery, The View Landscape Competition, Kettering, OH
1995 Dayton Visual Arts Center, Views from the Center, Dayton, OH
1993 Miami Valley Cooperative Gallery, Outreach Program, Dayton, OH

Awards

1998 First Prize: The View Landscape Competition, Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, OH
1996 Purchase Award: Regional Artists Biennial. Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Collections

Lincoln National Corp. Fort Wayne, IN
Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH
Teachers Insurance Corp., New York, New York, Boston, Dallas
U.S. consulate, Hong Kong
U.S. Embassy: Doha, Qatar
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
Ohio State University/ Fisher College of Business.
Novell Corp., Provo, UT
Joshua Homes, Columbus, OH
Littler, Mendelson Law Firm, Columbus, OH
Montgomery County Treasures Office, Dayton, OH
Olivia's Restaurant, Dayton, OH
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease Law Firm, Columbus, OH
Bear Stearns Financial Corp. New York, NY
J.P. Morgan Chase, Columbus, OH
AON Corp., New York, NY
Compensation Consultants, Columbus, OH
Asbury Automotive, New York, NY
The Paris Commune Restaurant, New York, NY
City of Kettering, OH
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA


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