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Gene Crowe
A resident of Nevada County since 1964, and a beloved art and thotography teacher at NU for 31 years, it would make sense that Crowe describes his work as “intentional photography.” Dedication to his craft has led him to the ruins of Cistercian Abbeys in England and Scotland; urban and rural China in the 1990s; the pre-renovation San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and a focus on “small things” that zooms in on macro images, still lifes, botanical subjects, architectural elements, and the manipulation of light on a variety of surfaces. When asked what originally turned Crowe on to photography, he says: “I was about eleven when I first watched my photographer uncle Steve make magic in his darkroom. I can still smell those chemicals and marvel at the sight of the first print coming up in the developer. That magic never ceases. For the rest of his life, he continued to teach me and influence my work. He was part of the group of amazing photographers who attended the California School of Fine Arts after World War II." From The Union, October 27, 2016 |
