Recent News
New Book
The greatly expanded edition of Bruce’s book, The Essence of Photography, will be available starting Friday, December 11, 2020 as an eBook, with the printed book set to be available near the end of February, 2021.
The 2nd edition is completely new, enlarged from 8 chapters in the 1st edition to 20 chapters in the 2nd edition. The book is filled with 215 photographs—both black and white images and color images—illustrating the points made in the writing. As such, the book not only delves deeply into the thought process behind making excellent photographs, but serves as a wonderful art book, as well. Please go to the Books section of the website for further information.
Anniversary
2020 has been the 50th anniversary of Bruce’s career as a photographer. During that period of time Bruce has published six books, with three of them translated into one or more foreign languages, has had gallery exhibits in the USA, Canada and Europe, is represented by many museums, and has taught photography workshops in North America, South America, Australia and Europe. Of course the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of all of his workshops and all celebrations in his anniversary year, but please go to the Workshops section of this website to see what is offered for 2021.
Bruce’s major photographic projects include his groundbreaking studies of the slit canyons of Arizona and Utah, studies of the cathedrals of England, studies of the Mesquite Sand Dunes of Death Valley, and many others that have earned him accolades worldwide. At this point he is just as excited about photography as he has always been, as those who have worked with him or studied under him can attest. These days Bruce maintains a full schedule of photography workshops, including his backpacking workshop into the many side-canyons of the Escalante River in Utah each year.
Producing photographs, and teaching others how to improve their own photography, has been a lifelong joy for Bruce, and he looks forward to continue doing both well into the foreseeable future. Recently Bruce uncovered negatives of previously unprinted, unpublished photographs that he made primarily in the mid-1980s, and is now in the process of printing them for the first time in his traditional black and white darkroom, where all of his black and white images are produced. This “mystery set” of photographs will be unveiled sometime in the near future. All that Bruce is willing to reveal at this point is that it is totally different from anything he has exhibited throughout his career. (It’s surely one of the reasons Bruce remains so enthusiastic even as he enters his 51st year in photography.) Hang in there for further word at the appropriate time.