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Rendevous Homestead · $225
Framed Black & White Photograph. Size: 15 x 10" Frame: 21 x 17"
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About Gary C. Harper

Born in Butte, Montana. Gary has spent a lifetime operating one type of camera or another.

In his boyhood in the early 1950s he took up photography as a hobby with his first camera, a Kodak Tourist 620. He spent a lot of free time hanging around the local television station and became the on-air talent for a kid’s hobby show called Hobby Corner at the age of 14. This experience convinced him that he really wanted to be behind the camera and not in front. So, in high school he filmed the school’s sporting events and worked as a darkroom assistant for a couple of commercial studios.

Upon graduation, Gary enlisted in the United States Army. There he attended the Motion Picture School and was the honor graduate. He was assigned to the Signal Corps and eventually shipped to Europe. Gary shot documentaries and the “Big Picture” television show for the military and during his free time continued to develop his still photography skills. After three years he was honorably discharged and returned to the States.

In the early 1960s Gary moved to Seattle, Washington, and was hired as a television photographer at KCTS TV. He worked at the station for nine years. During this time, specifically in 1965, he traveled to Yosemite, California, to attend an Ansel Adams Workshop on black & white still photography. In 1967, he returned to Yosemite and assisted at another Ansel Adams Workshop.

And Gary began to exhibit and sell his work, mostly large format black & white.

During the late 1960s and into the early 1970s Gary exhibited his photographs at the following art galleries:

Seligman Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Ross Gallery, Seattle, Washington
James Manolides Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Best Studio, Yosemite, California

In the mid 1970s Gary began working at KING TV, in Seattle. In his job at KING TV, Gary operated just about every type of camera – still, video, film, hi-definition, steady cam – in just about every type of condition – handheld, boom, dolly, even strapped to a helicopter strut – to name a few.

Gary shot film for projects that won awards in the television/film industry – specifically, Iris Awards, several Emmys, a Peabody Award, and a silver award (2nd place) at the International Monitor Awards.

In 2003, Gary retired, moved to the Methow Valley and is still holding a camera. At this time in his life he is working on personal still photography using digital acquisition and printing.
And, Gary is again exhibiting.