Desire

Artist: Rodney Lough Jr.

Title: Desire

Media: Large format film/ Arca Swiss 8x10 f-line/ Lens 150mm/ 8s exposure.

Dimensions: 8x10"

Date: June 24, 2013



About the Artist:  Rodney Lough Jr. is an American landscape photographer and gallery owner.  After receiving a Brigham Young University Outstanding Achievement Scholarship, he earned a
Master of Science in Statistics from Brigham Young University in 1988, and began his
professional life as a statistician and mathematician. In 1995, Lough followed his passion for
the natural world and became a full time photographer. Lough has been photographing
America's National Parks, National Monuments, and wilderness areas ever since. Lough
opened his first gallery in 2001 and now owns six Rodney Lough Jr. - Wilderness Collections
Galleries at Happy Valley, Oregon; San Francisco's Pier 39, Sausalito, California; the Mall of
America in Minneapolis; Las Vegas at MGM's City Center; and his latest gallery in Park
City, Utah. He uses 4x5 as well as 8x10 large format film cameras. Lough lives and works in
Happy Valley, Oregon with his wife and their four children.


Artist's Statement: 

 "...But my goal is simply to get back to what I saw, without focusing on the black box of how I got there - so you believe what you see to be real, and you see the inherent beauty that is in nature."

Background Information:

The rugged nature of the barren southwest landscape never ceases to amaze us with its beauty. " I'd been traveling to this place for nearly 14 years before this moment was revealed before me. 'Desire' seems a bit of a strange name, until you've actually stood here and watched the sun come up over the La Sal mountain range on a cool crisp morning in the fall. Then and, I truly believe this, only then will you understand the 'Desire' you will have to return to witness the spectacle again. The moment stilled by the trip of a shutter reveals a glory and quality of light fleeting in real time. The desire to relive the fleeting light is exactly why you will return again and again."

How It Connects to the Theme:

 I chose this photograph because the world is a remarkable place full of beauty and splendor. To witness the simple grandeur of creation, the miracle of nature, is perhaps all we need. Beautiful things make people happy.