Colin Mcrae

Images that arouse the mind, transform the ordinary, make one wonder, make one think. Uncommon beauty in the common world. This is what I look for in the interplay of light, shadow, and shape. And, it is what I strive to create in a photograph.

I owe a debt of gratitude to those who have trusted me to photograph their creations and treasures, and for the paths their projects have helped me to find. For me, photography is an ongoing process of learning and creation, a process that never ends.

Colin McRae began as a photographer of musicians for music labels and publications, later moving on to serve as the photographer for the Art Museum of the University of California at Berkeley, and eventually enjoying a long career as a freelance photographer. Currently, his work is devoted to aerial, landscape, and architectural photography with exhibits featuring his aerial and landscape work. His photographs have appeared in numerous books on art and architecture, both in the United States and abroad.

University of California, Berkeley, B.S. Managerial Economics
University of California, Berkeley, M.A. Visual Design

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Macrocosm, The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, California
2012 Silence, The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, California
2011 Tidelands Examined, The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, California

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 7th International Photographic Open, Rhode Island Ctr. for Photographic Arts, First Place
2019 13th Annual Pollux Awards, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Top 40 International Juried Competition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art
2019 Circle Foundation for the Arts, San Diego Exhibit Finalist
2019 Artworks Northwest, Umqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg, Oregon
2017 Illusionary Reality, The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, California
2017 Macrocosm, Gensler Corporate Office, San Francisco, California
2016 Abstraction, The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, California
2015 Infinity Towers, San Francisco, California
2015 Summer Splash, The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, California
2015 Silicon Valley Art Fair, The McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco, California
2015 Code and Canvas, San Francisco, California
2012 L.A. Art Show, Los Angeles, California
2011 CCAA Museum of Art, Fall Juried Show, San Francisco, California
2011 San Francisco Fin...