CHROMASCAPE 087: CATCH A BOLT OF LIGHTNING Photograph - Limited Edition of 25

Marc McClish studied at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA from 1991-94. In 1994, Marc moved to NYC and spent the next five years assisting Richard Avedon, four as his first assistant and studio manager. Avedon was a master of using light while making a portrait or fashion image and then working with the printer in the darkroom to give the photograph the emotional and visual presence he wanted to put into the world. Probably the greatest gift from Marc’s time working with Avedon, was becoming a master black and white printer with a critical eye and exacting standards. Upon leaving Avedon’s studio, Marc opened a custom black and white lab, SilverWorks, in the Chelsea neighborhood of NYC. SilverWorks’ clients included Annie Leibovitz, Steven Meisel, Steven Klein, James Nachtwey, Bruce Davidson, Frank Ockenfels III, Patrick Demarchelier, and Richard Avedon to name a few. In 2006, Marc closed the lab and traded the city life for the Rocky Mountains, moving with his (then) young family to the mountains above Boulder, CO. Today, Marc continues to live in a house he designed and built at 8200' in the Rocky Mountains and makes Chromascapes of places he visits. It’s been an adjustment trading the interactive dance with the enlarger light, rocking the developer tray while the images appear on the paper, and the solitude of the darkroom for a souped up Mac and big Canon printers. Despite the changes in processes, Marc still feels the same thrill that he used to experience in the darkroom, working in his studio today making big beautiful prints. THE CHROMASCAPE SERIES ARTIST'S STATEMENT: CHROMA | 'kröma | noun | intensity of hue; saturation of a color. -SCAPE | skeip I combining form | denoting a specified type of scene: landscape As a technical photographer who is drawn to beautiful light and color, I find great pleasure seeking opportunities to blend and abstract found scenes. All images and photographic effects are captured in-camera while on location combining precisely controlled movement with long duration exposure. Many images are created during twilight while nature’s colors change rapidly with the rising or setting sun. I find standing in one place witnessing the morphing intensity and saturation of light and color rejuvenates my spirit. Each photograph holds a memory of a place or person I was there to visit.