Per Volquartz
Oregon Coast, 2005 photographer Per Volquartz
We are very pleased to present a selection of photographs by
Landscape Photographer, Per Volquartz
has an extensive exhibit record including
a recent thirty year retrospective at the Denmark Museum
of Photography in Herning, Denmark. A limited edition book of 800 copies is in being printed
and will be available April, 2008.
Per Volquartz started his career in the visual arts
after graduating from Art Center College of Design in 1971.
At first he worked as a graphic designer and illustrator.
Soon however, he discovered large format photography,
which later proved to be his main direction as a visual artist.
In Yosemite National Park, in the summer of 1976
Per Volquartz met Ansel Adams and Morley Baer, who together
with the painter, Lorser Feitelsohn were to inspire him, forming his unique
background in creative photography.
Yosemite 1976
L to R: Bob Kolbrener, Andy Schumacher, Per Volquartz, Ansel Adams:
(During the years at Art Center in Los Angeles Per Volquartz had studied
under Lorser Feitelson, the master of modern American hard edge painting.)
This was to become a turning point in his photographic career.
During the next decade and a half he accepted a variety
of commercial assignments from many fortune 500 companies.
He became known for his unique photographic point of view,
and as a master printer.
The photographic images of Per Volquartz have appeared
in most major magazines in the United States. This includes Life Magazine,
Time and Newsweek, The New Yorker, The New York Times,
The Los Angeles Times, National Geographic and Wall Street Journal.
Articles about his work have also appeared in many publications
including American Photographer magazine, Print Magazine's Casebooks
(The Best of Annual Reports), and most recently in Fotopozytyw,
a professional photography magazine published in Poland.
He has received numerous honors for his professional work
during the past 30 years, including a fellowship from
the American Scandinavian Foundation and Award of Excellence from
the American Institute of Graphic Arts and from Print Magazine.
