Doug Rosenoff

Doug Rosenoff is a fine art photographer. With a background in the earth sciences and a lifetime of interest and training in natural history, he uses photography as a tool to express the numinous aspects of our world. Currently he has long-term projects centering on botanical, mountain landscape, and still life subjects. His images have appeared on travel websites, album covers, children's books, and plant catalogs. An early adopter of digital cameras and techniques, he specializes in toned black and white images. Prints of his work are currently for sale in several galleries in the Seattle area and on the web (http://www.pacificaphoto.net/). He currently makes his home in the foothills of the Cascades.

Artist's Statement

I seek honesty and simplicity in my work. I feel that strong color can be distracting from the nearly mystical quality of the light. I find black and white images unlock the hidden beauty I find in the sensuous shapes of flowers, in the calm textures of water flowing over stone and in the changing dapple of light and shade over leaf and wood. My passion is to capture this numinous beauty in a photograph and offer it to the viewer with the hope that they will experience my sense of awe as well.

For me, photographing in black and white is a Zen-like experience of seeing light against simple shapes and forms. Such experiences frequently bring forth strong and frequently unexpected emotional connections. The images I enjoy making the most are relatively simple, having been reduced from their natural complexity to more primitive elements showing their underlying relationships and natures.