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Artist Statement:
Science and art have
always been my two favorite
subjects and photography
became the medium through
which my fervor for each could
be expressed. At an early age
I was intrigued by nature and
with my first camera, a Kodak
Instamatic, I would explore
the outdoors around Augusta,
Georgia, where I grew up.
Upon discovering the
Southwestern Desert, a passion
grew to record on film the
wonders and beauty that I
found. Each day during my
travels throughout the
Southwestern United States, I
am taken on a sensory rich
drama that begins with the
opening curtain of the sun’s
first light, to the finale of
nightfall.
With my Nikon and tripod,
my goal is to recreate the
scene as it appears in nature,
to preserve in a photographic
image the awesome, yet
simplistic beauty of the scene
that waits around a bend or
over a hill. Sometimes it is
a colorful landscape, and many
times I am allowed in the
presence of the numerous
creatures that adapt to life
in the desert.
Bonnie's Mission
For almost 2 decades as a
professional photographer,
Bonnie has strived to capture
on film and now digitally the
beauty that she has
encountered...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Bonnie Rannald's PhotoGraphic
Expressions was founded in
1993.
Art shows and Exhibits
Las Vegas, Yerington, Fallon,
Fernley, Carson City, Minden,
Reno, & Hawthorne, NV;
Springdale, UT; Sedona, AZ;
White Sands, NM.
featured artist at galleries
throughout the Southwest,
Published in the following
Magazines and Periodicals
Golf West, cover, 1995
Preserving ...
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Artist Galleries:
Artisans Fairtrade
Julie Douglass, Owner
3368 Lakeside
Reno, Nevada 89509
Phone: 775 827-4542
http://www.artisansfairtrade.co
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info@artisansfairtrade.com
Wildflower Gallery
Patricia Campbell, Owner
4275-4395 West Fourth St.
Reno, Nevada
Phone: 775- 787-3769
http://www.wildflowervillage.co
m/galleries.htm...
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Bonnie Rannald Biography:
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| Gender |
Female
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not provided
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Nature study, star gazing, rock hunting, gardening, writing, reading. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Color
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Impressionism - (1865 - 1885)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Leonardo Da Vinci
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Genesis
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
My landscape photography has been greatly influenced by Ansel Adams with traditional scenes that reveal the simplicity of nature. My slogan: “Reflecting Nature’s Artistry”, expresses my style, which is using natural light to re-create the image with the camera by adjusting the aperture and shutter speed to correctly expose the light on a scene. Although I have made the transition from film to digital, I create my images in the camera, and not in Photoshop.
Being a nature photographer, I enjoy photographing landscapes, wildlife and the intimate details in macro.
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
I was exposed to art in early childhood, therefore it has always been a major part of my life. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Born in Augusta, Georgia, Bonnie Rannald was introduced to the arts at an early age when she received ballet and drum lessons. This affinity for the arts strongly influenced Bonnie’s curriculum in college, where she studied music, dance, and movement to receive a B.S. degree from North Texas State University, and a M.A. from Texas Woman’s University.
As a child, Bonnie was attracted to two subjects that would later become integrated and develop into a passion that would define her as an artist: a love of the outdoors and her father’s camera. While pursuing her chosen profession as a Head Coach of the Cross Country team and Assistant Track and Field Coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Bonnie honed her photographic skills by using the camera to analyze athletic performance.
For recreation, Bonnie enjoyed hiking and spending time in the Southwestern Desert, always taking her camera along. These explorations into the desert expanded her awareness of the fragility of the natural environment, and furthered her determination to capture on film the beauty she encountered.
Bonnie channeled this passion for nature along with her love of the arts and photographic skills into a new career when, in 1993, she launched PhotoGraphic Expressions into the world of fine art. Since that time, Bonnie Rannald’s PhotoGraphic Expressions has attracted attention through individual shows in Las Vegas, Nevada; special exhibits across the Southwest; commercial sport event photo shoots; publications in numerous magazines, periodicals, and websites. Bonnie Rannald’s distinctive photographs are distributed internationally and hang in private collections worldwide.
Bonnie Rannald’s PhotoGraphic Expressions . . . A love for photography, an understanding of the technical tools and an eye for composing scenes, combine with Bonnie’s underlying philosophy of “Carpe diem”: seize the day. In a small fraction of time, Bonnie has frozen a beautiful moment and shares that vision with us.
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