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Huntington
Witherill
Huntington Witherill was born in
Syracuse, New York, in 1949. He moved to California
in 1953 and began training in classical music.
Upon entering college as a music
major, Witherill became interested in the study
of two-dimensional design. This shift in artistic
medium eventually led to career in fine art photography
beginning in 1970. He studied under such notables
as Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, Steve Crouch, and
Al Weber
Witherill's photographs have been exhibited
in more than seventy-five individual
and group exhibitions in museums and
galleries throughout the world. His
photographs represent a remarkably varied
approach to the medium including landscapes,
studies of pop-art, botanical studies,
urban architecture and digital imaging.
In 2000, an internationally acclaimed
hard bound monograph featuring Witherill's
black and white landscape images entitled:
Orchestrating Icons, was published by Lenswork
Publishing. Subsequently, a second award winning
hard bound monograph featuring his black and
white botanical photographs, entitled: Botanical
Dances, was also published by Lenswork Publishing
in 2001.
Since having been the recipient of the Artist
of the Year award presented by The Center
for Photographic Art, in 1999, Witherill continues
to expand his photographic vision. Beginning
in 2002, he produced a remarkable series of
botanical images using color materials and
the digital imaging realm. With these new
tools, Witherill has produced a body of work
representing a creative and new approach to
the medium.
Since 1975, Witherill has continued to teach
photography for a variety of institutions
and workshop programs throughout the United
States, including the University of California,
The Friends of Photography, and The Ansel
Adams Gallery. He and his wife make their
home in Monterey, CA.
