Internationally renowned photographer, artist, author and educator Stephen Johnson will present a guest lecture and slide show at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 8 in Room A240 at McHenry County College, 8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake.
Entitled “Explorer of Light,” the presentation is free, open to the public and will address technology and its impact on photography. According to Johnson’s press materials, “Technology is enabling photography to capture images of the earth and light in new ways, and to edit these new captures with a degree of finesse and precision undreamed of in the darkroom.”
Johnson’s photographic work has concentrated on landscape projects – both wild and manmade – while focusing on soft color and abstract design. He was the curator and editor/designer for At Mono Lake, a book and National Endowment for the Arts funded exhibition that toured the U.S., and he was awarded a Congressional Special Recognition Award by the U.S. House of Representatives for his work on behalf of Mono Lake. Johnson has been a digital imaging consultant for Adobe Systems, Apple Computer, Epson, Kodak, Hewlett Packard, and X-Rite to name a few. In 2006, Canon named him as one of their Explorer of Light artists.
Johnson’s studio and gallery are located in Pacifica, CA, where he holds workshops in a fully equipped digital printing lab. He also holds field workshops that explore far-flung places like Iceland and Tuscany, Italy. His website is http://www.sjphoto.com.
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