"In the hectic environment of Manhattan,
I find peace in the stunning beauty of nature in my own apartment...through
the lens of Lynn Radeka." Nancy Grace
- 2005
Many thanks to my friend Nancy Grace (of Headline Prime's
Nancy Grace TV show, Court TV's Closing Arguments and CNN's
Larry King Live), for collecting my photography and for her kind comments and
display of my B&W photography.
* Just
published -
"The World's Top Photographers: Landscape" - Featuring
Lynn Radeka
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See Steve Bedell's
review of this website in the Dec., 2004 issue of
eDigital Photo Magazine *
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See the spotlight
article on Lynn in the June, 2003 issue of B&W
Magazine! *
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Lynn Radeka’s professional photography career
spans more than thirty-five years. Influenced in his early work by Ansel Adams
and Wynn Bullock, he continues to pursue a technical and aesthetic mastery of
the medium of photography. His love of the grand landscapes and intimate details
of the American West was born on his first trip to Death Valley in 1966. This
site features many of Radeka’s classic images as well as a number of personal
favorites. Lynn Radeka’s Black and White photography is currently featured
in eight National Park posters (please see the Posters
page for details) and is represented by several galleries throughout the United States and Europe. He is also a featured photographer in the recent book publication "World's
Top Photographers: Landscape". All prints and posters on this site (as
well as many more images not shown on this site) are available for purchase.
The Contrast Masking Kits and Precision
Pin-Registration Carrier Systems, as well as the popular Contrast
Masking Workshops, are now also available.
Lynn Radeka has traveled and photographed the American landscape
extensively since the late 1960’s, making the nation’s West and Southwest
his forte. In the early 1970's, he had the fortuitous opportunity to have his
early work critiqued and encouraged by four of his inspirational models, legendary
photographers Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, Henry Gilpin and Al Weber.
Radeka’s photographic images, both color and Black and White, have been showcased in a variety of media. In the early 1990’s,
he had five distinguished full-color books published: Ghost Towns of the
Old West, Historic Towns of America, Forts and Battlefields of the Old West,
Legendary Towns of the Old West and Great American Hotels. One of
his recent projects includes the printing of the photographs for the black and
white book Master of Light: Ansel Adams and His Influences, published
by Smithmark. The At-A-Glance/Landmark calendar Radeka-The American West
featured some of his finest black and white landscapes and details of the
American West.
His photographs have been published as fine art duotone posters
for Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Death Valley, Grand Canyon and Zion National
Parks. Radeka’s photographic expertise has been shared in numerous technical
articles published in major magazines. Additionally, his original prints are
on display in several private, corporate and museum collections as well as galleries
throughout the country.
"My photographs portray my personal response to natural
and architectural subjects and seem to impart a Kubrickian and often formal
quality." This self-assessment reveals the essence of a Radeka photograph.
His quintessential expression is through black and white photography which to
him reveals the "soul" of the subject.
A true craftsman of the lens, Radeka blends traditional styles
with contemporary techniques. Since the mid 1970's, he has been utilizing a
variety of elaborate pin-registered contrast masks, including shadow masks,
highlight masks and specifically designed combinations of both. In the late
1980's, he also adopted the extensive use of very effective shadow-contrast-increase
masks (SCIMs) in order to coax amazing variations of contrast in localized areas
of the image. Varied combination toning, localized print "bleaching"
and specialized paper selection are but a few of the other fine-tuned elements
that go into the making of a uniquely original black and white Radeka photograph.
But in the end, he goes beyond the technical mastery of the
medium to achieve his visualization, producing a unique "tactile"
quality which he strives to achieve in many of his images. Indeed, each print
is a sensory depiction of black and white splendor that displays the "inner
response" of Lynn Radeka.
Roseanne de Leon - Author
Cameracraft: Landscapes.
This new book features images of popular photographers throughout the
world, including about a dozen of Lynn's Black and White and Color photographs
along with text and information on each image. Published by AVA Publishing
SA, 2002.
Way Beyond Monochrome. This new
book covers technical Black and White printing and other procedures. Lynn
has written the chapter on Contrast Masking, discussing a few of the procedures
included in his Contrast Masking Kits,
and many of his Black and White photographs are included to illustrate various
techniques. This Fountain Press book is now available at fine bookstores.
Contact Fountain Press for more information..
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