Doc Ross

Born in 1955 Eketahuna New Zealand, a self taught photographer.In 1998 set up personal exhibition-studio space Gallery464 in Christchurch NZ.In 2000 traveled to the Middle east and Europe showing works at the NZ Ambassadors residence in Tehran. Worked in collaboration with students to make works on paper based on NZ abstract photographs at art studio Miskovic in Belgrade Serbia.2002 traveled-photographed through China.2002-2007 photographed in Australia on regular visits. Currently lives in Christchurch New Zealand.I am primarily an observer, I look for form in everything. All my series of images start with a single observation, which I then explore and build on. The great thing about photography for me is that it is a reflection of both the maker and the viewer, always the same thing yet never the same thingI'm interested in all genre's of photography however my main interest lies with photographers and photography that relates to that of the observer, such as the likes of Walker Evans and Edward Weston, and contemporary photographers such as Nan Goldin and Jeff Brouws etc. To me a great part of the essence of photography is the act itself, and what that act says about the photographer as much as it says about their subject. ...

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012 Christchurch Public Art Gallery, Phantom City, Christchurch 1998-2011
2012 Christchurch Public Art Gallery, Reconstruction, conversations on a city
2012 Selwyn Gallery, Portrait of a tree
2011 Wallace art awards TSB bank Wallace Arts center, Auckland
2011 'a gathering' group show of Canterbury artists, curated by Grant Banbury
2010 Milford gallery Queenstown, Royal Queenstown Easter show2010 Two Rivers gallery, Two worlds, Images from Serene and Brutal book2009 COCA Christchurch, One man group show2009 Two Rivers gallery, Selected works 2002-20072009 Milford gallery Queenstown, Selected works group show2008 Milford gallery Queenstown, Selected works group show 2006 COCA ( Centre of Contemporary art ) Christchurch NZ, South Island landscapes2005 COCA Christchurch, Observations and digital collages2005 Gallery Oceanic Queenstown, New photographs, 2004 COCA Christchurch, Being There, Large scale Seascapes2004 Gallery Oceanic Queenstown, Here and there, now and then 2003 COCA Christchurch, New large scale works 2003 Gallery Oceanic Queenstown, New Landscapes, 2002 COCA Christchurch , Landscapes and Abstractions2002 Gallery Oceanic Queenstown, Anatomy in Stone,2001 Gallery Oceanic Queenstown...