Jim Furrer

ARTIST INFORMATION SHEET
ARTIST JIM FURRER

PHILOSOPHY “Photography is a time slice of how I see light and shadow, texture and space. I favor the concept of “found light” -- somewhat the inverse of “available darkness” -- and this probably comes from my experiences as a documentary cameraman, where setting lights and illuminating the scene with fixtures just doesn’t happen. It’s an “anti-studio” approach. You discover what the light reveals. Often that means either keeping your eyes open and being lucky, as with my street photography -- or it’s careful studying and planning of the light’s past and future path, so one can be setup in the right place at the right time to capture a precise moment, as with my large format view camera work. Often the intersection of nature and man results in mismatches and anomalies which I like to find, preserve and present for consideration. Not so much “my personal point of view”, but rather more just “look what I found!”

STYLE Mankind’s Footprints on Our Environment, historical documentation, street photography, urban landscapes.

TECHNIQUE Works with large format (4 x 5 Wista view camera) or 35mm (Leica MP), in traditional black-and-white silver gelatin film and paper. Photographs are usually printed on Ilford and Kentmere photographic papers, and are matted and framed by the artist. Artist’s print size for presentation is 11 inches by 14 inches; however gallery works up to 16 inches by 20 inches can come from his large format negatives. All gallery and juried prints receive selenium toning for archival permanence.

BACKGROUND Although formerly a recognized cinematographer and director of photography for film and television, Jim’s roots come from his earliest black-and-white still journalistic work in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including a stint at newspapers. Following a long career in television production that started at PBS stations, Jim later became a recognized freelance motion cameraman and for twenty-five years travelled the world, on assignments as a free-lance film and video cameraman. Following numerous awards, Emmy nominations and screen credits as Director of Photography for motion pictures, Jim joined the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in 2002. Five years later, with the media division at the DCPA disbanded, Jim resurrected his black and white still photography, but chose to ignore the digital revolution and instead preserve the disappearing photo-chemical photographic processes. Now an Assistant Professor at Metro State College of Denver, in his spare time he works out of a custom darkroom attached to his home in Littleton, Colorado.

JURIED SHOWS
Northwest Cultural Council, “The Look of Love” Juried Exhibition
Kimball Hill Galleries, November 2007,Selected for Exhibition

Colorado Gallery of the Arts, “Kaleidoscope 2008” juried Exhibition
Arapahoe Community College, August 2008, Selected for Exhibition
Honorable Mention, Photography

The Depot Art Center, “The Great Outdoors” Juried Exhibition
Littleton fine Arts Guild, October 2008
Honorable Mention, Photography

The Center for Fine Art Photography, “Our Environment: The Good, Bad and Ugly”
Juried Selection, November 2008
Selected for Exhibition and Permanent Collection

Colorado Gallery of the Arts, “Kaleidoscope 2009” juried Exhibition
Arapahoe Community College, July 2009,Selected for Exhibition
Honorable Mention, Photography


PRICING When ordered directly from the photographer purchasers receive an custom-printed traditional silver gelatin print, made from the original camera negative. Original print pricing $65 to $600, signed and framed individual prints, limited editions of ten to twenty-five. Works also available online at Fine Art America through Print On Demand.

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