John Doddato
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John Doddato (b 1949) is a fine arts photographer who has explored various aspects of photography for over forty years. He worked mainly with a large format film camera using the classic darkroom process devoting his energies to creating finely crafted black and white images. His recent pursuit is in generating digital Black & White images with the quailty he obtained with his former darkroom process. Interest in the natural landscapes has led him to explore the rugged terrain of the American Southwest and to photograph Native American ancestral sites in the remote canyons of the Colorado Plateau His recent work with digital photography has been focused on the indigenous people in the rural mountain areas of central Mexico and exploring the swamps and marsh areas in the state of Florida.
John’s style has been influenced by studying the works of Adams, Weston, and other great photographers. Some of his formal training has been working with John Sexton as photo assistant at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Co. His photographs have been displayed in sole and group exhibitions throughout the Northeast. His work has appeared in numerous publications, and is held in private collections in several countries. He has won best of show in several juried art exhibitions for his photography.
John taught photography for adult education classes and conducts private darkroom lessons at his studio. His credits also include professional industrial and architectural photography as well as professional sports photography. Many of his color landscape photographs can be found in tourist and promotional publications. A large portfolio of John’s American Southwestern landscapes are held in permanent collection by the Rockwell Museum of Western Art. http://www.johndoddato.com
