"Rootbound" by Charles Grogg

"Victory" by Charles Grogg

"Mooring" by Charles Grogg

"Cracked" by Charles Grogg

"Ascension2" by Charles Grogg

Ojai, CA - American contemporary fine artist and photographer Charles Grogg will address the Ojai Photography Club on Tuesday, October 16, at 7:00 PM.

Grogg will talk about “the creative process, and the important phenomenon that occurs as we work creatively, specifically that work leads to more work. Our job as photographers and critics of our own work is to anticipate the patterns we establish, and to be able to review those patterns in retrospect. What we say about our own work is what leads us to our next project, not simply the project itself.” After his presentation, Grogg will critique images submitted by club members.

Grogg’s arresting, and hauntingly beautiful, artwork includes fractured photographic images printed in silver and sewn through, or printed in platinum and palladium on handmade Japanese washi, which are then stitched into whole images, frequently featuring tethers, sutures, or other three dimensional elements. The resulting images focus on issues of growth and restraint, hesitation and power.

His images have been shown in galleries internationally and published widely in fine art photography periodicals. In 2012, 21st Editions published a deluxe limited edition monograph of his work – Cracked: The Art of Charles Grogg. Grogg personally printed the thirteen platinum prints included in this book on a rare and luxurious Gampi Torioko paper.

Grogg is primarily self-taught, his interest in photography beginning in his thirties following his father’s gift of a Leica camera. For several years he devoted his time to studying and reading about photography, going to art exhibitions, teaching himself black and white film techniques, and studying with and about other contemporary photographers. Learn more at: http://www.charlesgroggphotography.net

The Ojai Photography club meets at Kent Hall, located at Help of Ojai’s Little House, 111 Santa Ana Street, Ojai, CA 93023. More information is available at: http://ojaiphotoclub.com/