Rudy Hellmann

I was born in Germany and moved around quite a lot as a child. I now work and reside in the U.S. I remember taking my first photograph at six years old, (a blurry photo of my mom's Volkswagen beetle door handle) and I was hooked. Since then I've loved photography, art and design, and how they all come together to portray a little ethereal slice of time in a permanent, viewable medium. I especially love to work with alternative photographic processes and how these sometimes-serendipitous procedures add extra visual dimensions to the images. The little stories that they convey are quite beautiful, even the controversial narratives. My works deal mainly with the human condition and also the simple beauty of nature. The emotions that they evoke within me can be quite varied, and I love it when the viewer experiences their own response based on their unique life's experiences. In many instances, we learn that humanity does indeed share a common bond.

I have loved and studied art and photography since grade school. I graduated with a bachelor's degree in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology and have operated my own commercial photography business for over thirty years.