ABOUT ME: Photography has been a lifelong passion of mine. With a degree in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), I have been fortunate enough to enjoy a career in the photo industry that spans over 30 years including Polaroid, FUJIFILM, Getty Images and iStockphoto. You would be hard pressed to find me without a camera, always looking to capture the next moment in time.
To me, each image captures a unique moment in time. Some photographs are as captured, showing the natural light, color and mood of that unique moment. Others are my creative expressions and extensions of that moment. Sometimes the image remains unchanged and other times it morphs into an abstract image.
My favorite subjects are the Annual Cherry Blossom peak season in Washington, D.C. (which I photographed every year for over 10 years), rural scenes in general, and the American southwest. The beauty of the monuments in Washington, D.C. and the tidal basin combined with the magnificence of the cherry trees is simply a sight that has to be seen. And the southwest has so much spectacular scenery that it is a photographer’s dream.
My images share these unique moments and beautiful views, as well as my creative license in many cases. Take a few minutes and surround yourself with one of the great wonders of Washington and some of the beauty this country has to offer.
THE PROCESS: I control the creative process from start to finish, capturing, editing and printing the photo.
All of my prints are Giclée*, meaning they are a permanent print using a 100% cotton/rag inkjet paper and pigment inks. Most inkjet dyes fade, but pigment inks are permanent. These prints are considered archival and will last generations if properly displayed.
I use a unique, textured, 100% cotton glossy paper with a metallic coating that adds to the viewing experience, so much that, like a painting, I no longer put glass in front of the framed print to enhance your viewing experience. The results are stunning, seeing is believing!
PRINTS: While my website contains medium resolution JPEGs, ALL prints are made from the full HIGH-resolution files that range in size from 48 - 500 Megabytes, and in some cases over a Terrabyte!
I am constantly adding more content to my galleries as well as new galleries. Please check back periodically to see the new content. I hope you enjoy viewing my images as much as I did creating them. Please don’t forget to sign my guestbook.
Ron Saltzman
* Giclée (/ʒiːˈkleɪ/ zhee-KLAY) is a neologism, ultimately derived from the French word gicleur, coined in 1991 by printmaker Jack Duganne for fine art prints made using inkjet printers The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on a modified Iris printer in a process invented in the late 1980s. It has since been used widely to mean any fine-art printing, usually archival, printed by inkjet. It is often used by artists, galleries, and print shops for their high-quality printing, but is also used generically for art printing of any quality. (From Wikipedia)