Richard Learoyd: Landscapes
Learoyd’s process captures the imposing presence of the landscape – its space, texture, and volume. Revealing the physical and metaphorical gravity of the scene, the photographs embody the timelessness of the landscape.
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Learoyd’s process captures the imposing presence of the landscape – its space, texture, and volume. Revealing the physical and metaphorical gravity of the scene, the photographs embody the timelessness of the landscape.
Learoyd’s process captures the imposing presence of the landscape – its space, texture, and volume. Revealing the physical and metaphorical gravity of the scene, the photographs embody the timelessness of the landscape.
A cut flower is alive, but in the process of decay. In his studio photographs of flowers, the artist aims to translate this understanding of the fragile beauty of life, and the inevitability of an end.
Richard Learoyd’s large-scale color and black-and-white photography reimagines art historical tropes with a sensual hyperrealism. Using a camera obscura, Learoyd creates experiential tableaux with a contemporary texture, enveloping the viewer into the artist’s unique worldview.
Poetically rich images explore the classical canon of still-life tableaus, uniquely interpreted through the artist’s photographic techniques.
Learoyd’s photographs mimic how we see—rendering particular features in sharp detail, others gradually melting out of focus—effectively extending the process of looking. The artist has said of his portraits, “My hope is that they inspire a truly reflective view: a view of intimacy and understanding, and insight into another that will increase our humanity.”