Rich Bergeman, More Than Meets the Eye

May 6-27, 2022
Reception Friday May 6, 5:30-8pm
Slide Lecture and Discussion Saturday May 7, 11am-12

Crossroads-Carnegie Art Center
2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City, OR 97814
Mon-Sat 10am-5pm
https://crossroads-arts.org/
541-523-5369

Corvallis photographer Rich Bergeman will exhibit selections from his “More Than Meets the Eye” portfolio at the Crossroads-Carnegie Art Center in Baker City May 6-27, 2022.

An opening reception will be held during the city-wide First Friday Artwalk on May 6, from 5:30-8pm.

The exhibit features 25 black-and-white photographs that explore the transformative effects of infrared light on a variety of Northwest landscapes, including Oregon’s High Desert and Coastline, the rugged terrain of Southwestern Oregon, the Willamette Valley, and Willapa Bay on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula.
“Over the past 30 years I’ve been learning how to see and express myself with a variety of different camera types and processes,” Bergeman said. “Infrared, which I took up seven years ago, is my most recent addiction. I has a hauntingly beautiful quality that can, if used with restraint, transform otherwise ordinary views of the land, sea and sky into magical scenes.”

In a free presentation on Saturday, May 7, at 11am, Bergeman will discuss the history and contemporary applications of infrared photography, and demonstrate techniques of creating and processing black-and-white images with digital cameras converted to capture the infrared spectrum.

A retired instructor of photography and journalism at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany, OR, Bergeman has been exhibiting his photography throughout the Northwest since the 1980s. Originally a large-format film photographer and darkroom printer in silver and platinum, he currently works primarily with digital infrared cameras and archival pigment printers.