You’d think that in more than six decades of living I’d have a lot to say. I do, but for the sake of this biography I’ll save you the pedantic ramblings of the whole story and stick to the part that’s lens relevant.

I’ve been infatuated with photography for as long as I can remember, something I’m sure that rubbed off on me from my father. Dad always had a still or “moving picture” camera at every one of our outings. Mom, my sister and I were his frequent subjects and we all relished the evenings he came home from work with the newly developed images. I marveled at how he captured our lives in those tiny boxes of metal and glass. When he first handed me one of his cherished cameras I can still remember the awe as I felt its weight in my hand and listened to his careful instruction. Little did I know then he wouldn’t live beyond my twelfth birthday, but his legacy lives on in my passion to tell stories through photography.

I’ve had the good fortune to travel the world and cross the International Date Line four times, and always in the same direction so I figure I’m owed four days whenever my own life comes to a close ;-) Why the same direction? As I’d leave for month long trips from New York I found it much easier to head east hopping from Tokyo, to Hong Kong and Guangzhou, maybe down to Sydney and then over to Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, spend the tail end in London or Paris, and then a short hop back over the pond to New York. No matter what they say, going east or west, I felt as though I had been beaten with a 2x4 by the end of my travels.

I worked in 20 countries on five continents, and always had a camera on hand. Exotic places of my childhood such as Japan, China, Malaysia, Australia, Brasil, South Africa, Europe and Dubai became a reality in my professional career as a Human Resources vice president and I used my spare time to ply my skills with a camera.

As my photography skills improved I resolved to make it a serious study. When I retired from a hectic 24/7 schedule, I attended the Perfect Picture School of Photography (www.ppsop.com) founded by Bryan Peterson (www.bryanfpeterson.com and www.bryanfpetersonphotoworkshops.com) bringing my photographer’s abilities to a professional level.

Being time to flex my photographer’s muscle I’ve acquitted myself well in photography contests. I’ve also been published in the Blue Ribbon Flies newsletters, a periodical that features trout fishing in the greater Yellowstone Park area.

As you view this site you’ll notice my photography runs the gamut from

from realistic
	to impressionistic
		and sometimes surrealistic

... something on which my sister has had a great influence for she’s an accomplished impressionist and interior designer herself. I think we both inherited Mom’s artistic genes manifested in her own paintings and a former career in clothes design and clothing retail. It’s impossible to be in a family of artists and not have some of it rub off.

Having seen so many cultures and places I’ve developed a talent to look at subjects from a unique perspective, drawing the viewer into the emotions of the image, capturing a different way to see them. I want my photography to be a metaphor for the way I think, which is “to notice…pause and reflect, and then imagine.” If the viewer leaves with a lasting impression of any of my photos, then I will have accomplished my goal.

Ron Landis