Scott Schaerer

Some of my earliest memories were helping my dad rock developing trays in the darkroom at age 8, and I was mesmerized as images would magically appear. I was instantly in love with the process, and I have been a fine art photographer for nearly 40 years.

I learned the process of seeing, exposure, and developing fine art black and white prints at an early age from my father. He was active in the Carmel, CA photography scene in the late 60's and early 70's, learning directly from the great pioneers in artistic photography. My birthplace was near Carmel, where I was also figuratively born as a photographer at Point Lobos.

My purpose is to help everybody see amazing things, as close to their true nature as possible, and ultimately make everyone curious about this incredible, beautiful universe around us. I keep any darkroom and digital editing to a minimum in all my images, with a preference for natural light and original subject matter. I love abstracts and images with movement, and many viewers of my works think I've edited later - I haven't, which makes the abstract so much fun.

I have selected a much different path to distributing my works, one I believe no fine-art photographer alive today is doing with their entire ...

University of Oregon

Latest Exhibits:

April-July 2018
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center
'Cascadia', Touring Exhibit, Book Publication
Juried Selection

March-April 2018
PDX 30, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, OR
Juried Group Show of Top 30 photographers from Portland, OR

March-June 2017
Solo show, 24 Prints 'Landscapes'
Johnstone Gallery, Lake Oswego, OR