Galves Lake

Galves LakeAbout Artist Roman Loranc is a living, modern day master of fine art black and white photography. He was born in the city of Bielsko Biala, southwestern Poland, in 1956 during the communist era. In 1982, at 26 years of age, he immigrated to Madison, Wisconsin, and in 1984 he moved from the Midwest to Modesto, California. Much of his early, better known photographic work was created in Californias Central Valley. He moved to Northern California near

but find the interplay between multiple figures especially compelling

and form the basis of his tremendous legacy of environmental activism

Ansel Adams made this image in 1938 during an outing with friends

and toning – to achieve his “visualization”

my strategy involved periodically taking refuge in the warmth of my car to thaw out and using a large golf umbrella (generously supported by my husband) to ensure the front of the lens remained dry

before the light changed again

hand-coloring

In 2020 she was included in "Museum as Muse

and background

Optics and lens choice

Charlotte earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco

saw some beautiful side light on a Black Oak that was just beginning to push out its Spring foliage