Clyde Butcher

Clyde Butcher was inspired by Ansel Adams' work and then quit working in the architectural field and got into landscape photography. He's done a lot of work dealing with landscape in the States, but has done much of his work in Florida.

He will most likely use an 8x10 view camera, but will change the size depending on what he's shooting.

"I try to use the largest film possible for the particular subject I'm planning to photograph. So, if I have a huge, broad landscape, I use the 12x20" view camera. If I am photographing something like the Ghost Orchid I use a 4x5" view camera," Butcher says.

His work interests me because I am interested in landscape photography and how he makes all these landscapes seem mysterious, as if they have a story to tell. I would like my work to reflect this in a way, make you question whats going on, what is this about, what is about to happen.

Most of his images are brighter scenes, but there are a few that have a lot of contrast and it relates to how my recent work has been. Knowing that he does this in film inspires me because he does all of his work in the darkroom, compared to how I am doing this on a computer to create the same effect, which is a lot more work.