OCS Seminars
Stephen Johnson: The Wonder of Photography, Nature and the Cosmos
Capturing the world around us in drawings, sculpture and art is part of our innate humanity. Photography allows us to view, appreciate and share nature at an entirely different level than we can perceive with the naked eye. Please join us as photographer Stephen Johnson explores the art and impact of photography.
Abstract:
This lecture explores our fascination with the heavens and light, fixing the natural world into an image and then transforming that capability into exploring the universe. Optics, light-writing, and the wonder of nature have all folded together into our modern notions of photography and exploration. This synthesis has led Stephen Johnson down the artistic path his career has explored. Join him in telling that story with his recent mind-blowing journey from the living world close-up to the depths of space.
Biography:
Stephen Johnson concentrates on landscape projects exploring wild, endangered spaces and human-altered lands, making images that depict a respect for life and the land with a real-world celebration of our relationship to nature. He has long been admired for his high photographic craft and for his dedication to making fine prints, excelling at sharing his knowledge and passion for our medium with countless individuals.
A pioneer in the field of digital photography, Stephen was the first to use 4×5 digital view cameras in the National Parks, birthing his acclaimed “With a New Eye: The Digital National Parks Project” in 1994. Johnson has worked closely with Adobe and many other industry leaders on expanding and refining the tools we use as photographers. He was named to the “Photoshop Hall of Fame” in 2003, made an ‘Explorer of Light’ by Canon in 2006, and lectures at leading industry seminars and universities as well as mentoring a select group of aspiring artists.
