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Biography/Artist Resume
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 Thomas Teich, Photograher |
"In terms of beauty and art, Teich's work can be compared with the paintings of the great Canadian naturalist, Robert Bateman and John Cody's exquisite watercolors of Saturnid moth. For Teich's photographic technique, one would have to go to John Sexton and William Clift. Teich's eye for subject and instinct for composition is outstanding." - John Paul Keeler |
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Biography Thomas Teich is an award-winning fine art landscape photographer and naturalist born and raised in New York's Hudson Valley. At the age of eighteen Tom began photographing with a 4 x 5 inch view camera that belonged to his great uncle, a talented amateur photographer. Tom's black and white photographs explore his personal relationship with the environment, record his passion for the beauty of the Northeastern landscape, and express his hope that our natural resources survive man's appetite for destruction. For thirty years, he has been preserving on film the wild and quiet places of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson River. Over the last twelve years, his work expanded to include a focus on the Adirondack Park and coastal Maine, areas also challenged by population growth. Today, Tom creates his black and white images with 8 x 10 inch view cameras. The large format camera allows him to capture the elaborate detail and textures that distinguish these landscapes. In 2010, Tom received a prestigious, international Gold Award in the Single Image Competition 2011 run by Black & White Magazine, a high-quality journal for collectors of fine photography sold in 50 countries. Prints range from 11 x 14 inches to mural size. Prints are hand-made by Tom in a custom-designed large-format darkroom he built within a barn on his property in Greene County, New York. Tom uses classic wet darkroom technology, and his gelatin silver prints are made on fiber base paper, and selenium toned for archival preservation. They are shown in exhibitions and included in private and corporate art collections. Tom's color landscapes, also made with large-format cameras, have been featured in exhibitions and on the covers of national and regional magazines and books and in award-winning calendars and films. About his work, Tom says, "I have sought to examine and carefully balance the microcosmic and macrocosmic aspects of my environment. Western American landscape photography so often presents the large-scale view, a natural reaction to the grandeur of the subject. In my work I have tried to find harmony, to interpret and convey the feeling of our close, intimate landscape in the East without diminishing its own special grandeur."
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Artist Resume |
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Solo Exhibitions |
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2009 |
Moments of Silence. Agroforestry Resource Center. Acra, NY |
2005 |
Thomas Teich - Black & White Photographs. Broderick Fine Art Gallery. Freehold, NY |
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A Silent Tide: New photographs of the Hudson River. Thomas Cole Cedar Grove National Historic Site, Catskill, NY |
2002 |
The Luminous Moment. Bennington Center for the Arts. Bennington, Vermont |
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Wilderness Preserved: Black and white images of The Catskills. Catskill Center for Conservation and Development. Arkville, NY |
2000 |
At River's Edge: Images of Hudson River Tidal Wilderness. Beattie-Powers Place, Catskill, NY |
1999 |
First Light: Catskill Mountain Landscapes. Greene County Council on the Arts Gallery. Catskill, NY |
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Impressions of Light. Catskill Mountain Foundation Gallery. Hunter, NY |
Group Exhibitions |
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2011 |
The Holiday Show. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum. November |
ArtsWalk 2011. Hudson, New York. Riverside exhibit booth. October 8, 2011. |
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64th Annual Art Exhibition Twilight Park Artists. August 13-14, 2011. |
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Far and Wide: Third annual Woodstock Regional. Juried group show of |
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2010 |
Natures Celebration. Special non-juried group show. Cornell Cooperative |
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Views From Under The Hood: Large Format Photography by Thomas Teich and Kim Lorang |
Natural Wonders. PhotoPlace Gallery. Juried group show of artists from across the globe. David Middleton, Juror. Middlebury, Vermont. June 22 – July 17. |
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2010 Regional Exhibition. Juried group show of artists from NY, CT, VT. |
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Far and Wide: Second Annual Woodstock Regional. Juried group show of artists from NY, CT, MA, VT. Patricia Phagan, Juror. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum. Woodstock, NY April 3 – May 2. |
2006 |
No Words Necessary. Two-person exhibition with Fawn Potash. M Gallery. Catskill, NY |
2001 |
The Landscape Within. Catskill Mountain Foundation. Hunter, NY |
Seeing South Bay. Hudson Opera House. Hudson, NY |
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Publications |
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Natural Wonders. PhotoPlace Exhibition Catalog. Blurb Books. 2010 |
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Redefining our Backyard. Annual Report. Inside Portfolio. Open Space Institute. 2006 |
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The Catskill Park - Inside the Blue Line. Book. Cover and featured portfolio. Black Dome Press. 2006 |
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The Catskills. T. Morris Longstreth. Book. Cover. Black Dome Press. 2003 |
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Written in Stone: Catskill Mountain Geology. Book. Cover. Black Dome Press. 2001 |
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Thomas Teich Photography: Impressions of Light. Date book. Kaatskill Life Magazine. 2000 |
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The Catskills. Calendars. Award-winning calendar images. Catskill Center for Conservation and Development. 1995 and 1996 |
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Kaatskill Life. Magazine. Cover images, inside features. Spring 1991 - Winter 2001 |
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The Conservationist. Magazine. Cover images. 1986 - 1988 |
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Corporate Collections |
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Hudson Audio Video Enterprises, Inc. Hudson, NY |
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NASDAQ OMX Group, New York, NY |
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Intersections International. New York, NY |
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Agro-Forestry Resource Center. Acra, NY |
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Hudson Chartered Bancorp Inc. (First Hudson Valley Bank) Poughkeepsie, NY. |
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Private Collections: Various private collections in the Hudson Valley and in New York City, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Denver and other U.S. cities. |
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Selected Guest Lectures and Workshops |
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Juror. Greene County Camera Club Annual Photography Contest. Greenville, NY 2010 |
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Large and ultra-large format photography. Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY. 2009 |
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Art of the Print. Schenectady Photographic Society. Schenectady, NY. 2007 |
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Photographic Explorations: 2-day field and darkroom workshop. Greenville Public Library. Greenville, NY. 2007 |
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Explore and experiment: A landscape photography workshop. The Edmund Niles Huyck |
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Hudson River Photographic Workshop. Cohotate Preserve, Catskill, NY. Greene County Soil and Water Conservation District. 2004 |
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Landscape Photography: Visual Artist's Forum. Sacandaga Valley Arts Network. Northville, NY. 2003 |
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Black & White Photography. Bethlehem Art Association. Delmar, NY. 2001 |
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Art of the View Camera. Greene County Council on the Arts. Catskill, NY 2000 |
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Large Format Black & White Photography of the Hudson River. Beattie Powers Place, |
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Reviews and Articles |
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Woodstock Artist Association and Museum reaches out for regional show. Review of exhibition by Timothy Malcolm. Times Herald-Record newspaper. April 2, 2010. |
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Thomas Teich at Acra, James Cramer at Freehold. Review of exhibition by John Paul Keeler. Hudson-Catskill newspapers. March 28, 2009 |
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Arts Walk in Hudson, Teich at Freehold and jazz at North Pointe. Review of exhibition by John Paul Keeler. Register-Star newspaper. October 9, 2005 |
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A Place of Beauty. Book review. Kaatskill Life Magazine. Winter 2004 |
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The Catskill Park - Inside the Blue Line. Book Review. "…What really sets the book apart, however, are the superb color photographs by Thomas Teich…" Hudson Valley Magazine. December 2004 |
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Celebrating the Centennial of the Catskill Park. Book review. The Guide Magazine. November 2004 |
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Wilderness Lost, Wilderness Recovered. Review. The Windham Journal. November 18, 2004 |
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Landscape Photographer from Freehold exhibits new works at Cedar Grove. Review of Exhibition. Greene County News. July 11, 2002 |
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Friends of Hudson Benefit exhibition. Review by John Paul Keeler. Register-Star newspaper. 2001 |
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Hudson River Wilderness subject of collaboration between fine art photographer and environmental scientists. Feature article. The Mountain Eagle. August 3, 2000 |
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At River's Edge with Thomas Teich. Feature article. The Press. September 21, 2000 |
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Time running out for the Hudson Valley... The Hudson River Herald. September 15, 2000 |
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Behind the Lens: Thomas Teich. Feature article. Kaatskill Life Magazine. Winter 1999-2000 |
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Greene County through a large lens. Feature article. Greene County News. December 2, 1999 |
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Natural Wonders: Freehold Photographer Captures Magic of the Catskills. Feature newspaper article. Times Union. September 3, 1999 |
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Essential Wilderness: A Catskill Mountain Portfolio. Kaatskill Life Magazine feature |
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Grants and Honors |
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Gold Award, Single Image Competition 2011, Black & White Magazine |
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Individual Artist Grant. New York State Council on the Arts. 2000 |
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First Prize. Images of the Mountaintop. Hunter Promotion Association. 1999 |
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Personal Data |
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Born in Catskill, New York, 1958 |
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Self –taught fine art landscape photographer |
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Professional career in filmmaking – Education: Boston Film Video Foundation |
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Owner/Manager, Northeastern Broadcast Services (NBS) providing professional video and film shooting services for producers, directors and creative agencies for over 20 years |
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