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Jack Christfield

Photographer

Photography has been a serious avocation of Jack's since high school and college, where he took a few elective photography classes that taught him about composition, darkroom technique and black & white printing.

Photography took a back seat to his professional career in computer software consulting, but that gave him the opportunity to travel extensively in the U.S. and Europe as well as to Japan and Africa, where he photographed the people, landscape, culture and architecture in those places more for his own and his family's enjoyment than with any thought of public display. Along the way, Jack has also done event photography for charitable organizations, the occasional wedding, and for the Heart of Brevard.

In 2007, his image Mountain, Clouds and Ice was awarded Best in Show at the Blue Ridge Fine Photography exhibition sponsored by the Transylvania County Arts Council. His work has also been exhibited at the Gallery at Main Street Limited in Brevard. His interests tend toward travel and landscapes, capturing the ‘good light', and getting the occasional shot of people in the act of being themselves.

Learning the craft mostly through personal experience, darkroom work, and studying the images and techniques of other photographers, Jack finds there is always more to learn and much to be photographed in western North Carolina. He feels photography helps us to see the details and the frozen moments of time that we would otherwise pass by. It triggers our memories, and sometimes emotions, and lets us pause to appreciate the light, the color and the aesthetics of a scene with a viewpoint we may not have otherwise discovered.

Jack and his wife have lived in the Brevard area since 2003. He is a member of the Land of Waterfalls camera club, and is glad to have more time to devote to photography now that he is retired from his ‘real' job. He plans to continue to travel and to hone his photographic skills.

Click HERE for samples of Jack's work