For over 45 years Loren Nelson has photographed with a Deardorff 4X5 view camera, and used a traditional darkroom to produce selenium-toned silver gelatin prints. Recently, he has also incorporated a digital workflow, using a 35mm DSLR and an iPhone to respond more spontaneously to his surroundings. Along with his darkroom work, he prints his digital images on fine-art papers using archival pigment inks. Ongoing bodies of work include landscapes, seascapes, driftwood studies, botanicals, and Under Wraps, a series on wrapped buildings and landscapes.

Nelson’s photographs are in numerous public and private collections, including the Portland Art Museum; the Hallie Ford Museum of Art; Salem, Oregon; and the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts; Tampa, FL. He is represented by the Portland Art Museum/Rental Sales Gallery in Portland, OR, and LightBox Photographic Gallery in Astoria, OR. His work has been published in View Camera, LensWork, B&W, Shots, and Analog Forever Magazines.

Feel free to email me at: lnelson20@frontier.com