Black and White Photography

by

Paul Roark

Welcome to My Home Page

Backlit Trees, Early Spring Morning, Yosemite

Other New Photos & Prints

Ansel Adams Wilderness, August 2012
Yosemite National Park
Santa Ynez Valley Skies
Paris & Boston, September 2011
Golden Trout Workshops & Cottonwood Lakes Basin
Owens Valley
Olympic Peninsula
Impressions of NYC is a small collection of some shots I took as a tourist in New York City in July 2010.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Hubble-Monocerotis-Dunes print. As one who has long been fascinated with exploring our universe through optics, it was an honor to meet the founder of the optical company that built the Hubble space telescope; by chance he was a friend of the family. Follow the link to the left for more information.

September 2013 Featured Artist Show at Gallery Los Olivos

In September of this year I will be the Gallery Los Olivos "Featured Artist." This show will occupy the front room of the gallery for that month, with a reception on Saturday, Sept. 7.

The exhibit will feature and showcase two separate B&W printing technologies that I have pioneered. In the front room of the gallery I will display prints using the advanced dye inkset composed of Epson-Noritsu dyes on Red River Polar Pearl Metallic paper. In a separate room, I will exhibit prints on Arches watercolor paper using the carbon pigment processes I've developed. These two technologies set the benchmarks for high impact glossy printing (dyes), on the one hand, and archival stability (carbon on Arches cotton- based paper), respectively. The images will include many that are shown on my web pages. At the high end, a 10,700 pixel wide, 20x44" photo (framed to 29x53") edition of 1, Arches print of Paris from the Towers of Notre Dame will be offered.

Paris from the Towers of Notre Dame

Index of Other Photos

For the Index and Thumbnails of the other photos in my internet gallery click here.

If you are interested in copies of any images on the web site, please contact me. My internet prices are the same as those through Gallery Los Olivos; so you can also order through them and use a credit card as opposed to the PayPal that I use.

Black & White Print and Printing Information

For technical information on printing, please go to www.PaulRoark.com/BW-Info/.

In general, photographic prints are available in a number of sizes from 8x10 to 22x28 inches, as well as panoramics that can be 22" x (very long). I can sell direct, but for most sales using credit cards or where the buyer is in California, I prefer to sell through Gallery Los Olivos (see below).

I work in two somewhat distinct media, both of which I have pioneered. First, the most archival fine art is what I call "carbon on cotton." This is 100% carbon pigments printed onto cotton based papers, with Arches Hot Press, un-coated watercolor paper the top choice that I recommend for collectors. Carbon on Arches may be the only photographic medium that will still look good centuries from now. This medium requires custom pigments and printing procedures that take it beyond what any commercial printing solution can achieve. Very few people bother with this, which is part of its attraction to me and should be to collectors also.

Second, an advanced B&W dye inkset based on Epson Claria and Noritsu inks simply makes the most dramatic B&W images I have yet seen. While this technology is good for most print uses, I do not recommend it for collectors. In terms of lightfastness it's better than many pigment systems, but not in the same league with carbon.

Articles about My Photography

The January 2010 issue of Rangefinder magazine has an interview with me and some of my photos. To check it out on line, click here.

The October, 2010 issue of "Cowboys & Indians" magazine also has a short article about me. See it here.

The first of my 100% carbon inksets, sold by MIS Associates, is written up in Shutterbug magazine. The article is on line here. My carbon printing information page is here

I use several Red River Paper products and beta test some of their papers. They have a short blurb about my work here.

Gallery Los Olivos

I have a permanent display at Gallery Los Olivos, in Los Olivos, California. I am generally at the gallery from 10 - 5, the third Thursday of each month. (For January and September, it is the 4th Thursday, and in May I'll be at the Gallery on the 29th.) Please feel free to stop by the Gallery on one of these days or any other time.

For information on Gallery Los Olivos, click here.

Elverhoj Museum Photo Restoration Project

As part of Solvang California's centennial celebration, the Elverhoj Museun in Solvang displayed numerous historic photos that have been contributed by local residents and digitally restored and printed by me. While the gallery show at the Elverhoj is no longer up, some of these photos are in the outdoor display on Alisal Road, in the middle of Solvang, and others remain in the permanent displays at the Elverhoj Museum. For information about the Elverhoj museum and for a book of the old photos, click here. For a PDF that briefly explains some of the procedures I used to restore the old photos, click here.

Contact

If you have any comments or questions, or are interested in copies of any of my images, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for visiting my humble website.

Paul Roark
Solvang, CA, USA
www.PaulRoark.com