Chicago, IL
Top: Aerotone #1, 2004
Bottom: Aerotone #16, 2006
Orotone, this image is contact printed onto a sheet of glass hand coated with photosensitive emulsion. The image is then backed with a 23.5 Karat gold powder.
Image size: 5 x7 inches
$1,200 each framed
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Airshow
Machines have always interested me—the mechanics of an old watch or chain on a bicycle. What they do seems simple, yet complex at the same time. They have beauty in their movement, as well as design.
This is the same sense that has attracted me to the airshow. The planes are so complex in terms of what is necessary mechanically to fly, though graphically what they do to entertain the spectators is simple—loops, spirals, etc.
My interest in creating the series was to focus on the graphic elements, to capture the temporary sculptural structure of the lines, the markings that draw so many to the event.Artist Biography
After gaining a solid technical background in photographic illustration from Rochester Institute of Technology, Ryan decided to explore photography as an art form at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received his BFA in photography and sculpture in 1991. For the past 15+ years, Ryan has continued to pursue fine art photography. His work can be found in the Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Also His work has been in the Museum of Contemporary Photography’s Midwest Photographers Project. More recently his orotones have been Purchased by the Getty Conservation Institute and the Ellen & Richard Sandor Family Collection. He is also a Buhl Foundation Grant recipient and has been featured in publications including Black & White Magazine and Photography Quarterly. He’s twice shown in Evanston Art Center’s prestigious Vicinity Biennial and regularly exhibits at FlatFile Gallery in Chicago, where he is represented.
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