AAB736 Namekagon River below Pacwawong Lake, at 27 below zero. Print

Son of pioneering color nature photographer Les Blacklock, Craig Blacklock grew up with a camera in hand. Craig’s artistic practice is intrinsically linked to the interface of land and water in wilderness areas—most often Lake Superior. Since 1976 his artwork has evolved from large-format color landscapes depicting what these places looked like; to black and white nudes creating an emotional connection to the landscapes by expressing what it felt like to be within their environs; to increasingly nonrepresentational imagery untethered from context. In his new Light Waves photographs, the shoreline of Lake Superior and the sky above are seen only indirectly—reflecting as an amalgamation from the complex mirror of the water’s surface. Blacklock’s work has been shown in over 35 solo exhibitions, including at the Phipps Center for the Arts, Mill City Museum, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Minnesota Center for Photography, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, and Tweed Museum of Art. His 19 books have won numerous awards, including three gold awards from Independent Publishers, a worldwide competition. He was the recipient of the George Morrison Artist Award in 2018. His work is widely used in corporate and healthcare settings, and can be found in both museum and private collections. He has been featured in magazines such as American Photo, Focus, Outdoor Photographer, Model Society, The New Nude, and View Camera, and has been the subject of several television stories and documentaries.