Doug Landreth has been a major force in the Pacific Northwest photography scene for the past 25 years shooting commercial assignments for the regions foremost ad agencies and corporate marketing departments. He is well known for his complex, conceptual photo-illustrations and his large-scale production, lifestyle and transportation campaigns, for which he has received numerous national awards. As an early adapter of digital technology, Doug has earned a reputation as one of the Northwest’s leading digital artists and in 2006 he was honored with the award of “Photoshop Guru: Best In Show” by the, National Association of Photoshop Professionals. His work has been exhibited in numerous galleries across the country, garnered many prestigious awards and is included in the collections of many corporate and residential art buyers nationwide.
For the past ten years Doug has been focusing on both his thriving commercial business as well as his fine art work which has attracted a large following. In 2010, Doug started teaching his “Scratching the Surface” workshops for photographers interested in adapting his techniques for their own work. This lead to the formation of “Photomorphis”, a company he started with his longtime creative collaborator, David Volkamer. Photomorphis is
intending to be a resource for inspiration, education, and collaboration for anyone interested in taking their photography further through online instruction as well as destination workshops around the world.
In a society that covets newness, fast cars and increasingly faster communications, Doug is revealing beauty in that which is often overlooked, creating monuments to forgotten places and the quieter objects of daily life. More expressionistic collage than photographic evidence, Landreth’s assembled images are saturated and painterly in tone and process. Digitally draping found objects and scenes in complex textures and vibrant colors, a metamorphosis occurs as the finished creations reveal hauntingly unexpected results.
“All my fine art images are painstakingly created by digitally layering multiple images together. I combine multiple scenic elements, principle subjects and various texture photographs together, carefully masking and blending the images in such a way that they create a new image, with a depth and richness that evokes the mood of an old masters painting or the vibrant energy of contemporary modern art. My art moves photography away from reportage toward impressionism, communicating my memories of and feelings about my subject matter, not merely a record of
the scene or object.”
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