Rick Lang

Rick Lang, Director of Photography

Rick has been Director of Photography at Crealdé since 1995, and a faculty member since 1989. His work has been displayed in galleries and museums throughout the Southeastern United States. He is a two-time recipient of the Individual Artist Recognition Award from United Arts of Central Florida. In addition, he frequently volunteers his time as a juror and lecturer for a variety of community events.

In May 2009, Rick Lang went on a photographic trip to Louisiana. This trip was made possible with a grant from United Arts of Central Florida.

Artist's Statement
"My photographs are very much influenced by the long-standing traditions of documentary photography. What I offer is a selective view of our time, a mirror of today, a record for the future. I wish to show many of those things which we now take for granted before they slip away into extinction. However, this task is not performed with total subjectiveness, as many concerns are inherent in my photographs such as composition, light quality, and other artistic concerns. The result is an image which portrays not only the physical presence of my subject, but also its essence.

"In that endeavor, my photographs are what is most commonly referred to as straight black and white silver prints. To state it so simply is not to understand the many decisions and manipulations which are afforded me by the photographic process. From mind's eye to exposure, to development and lastly, the print, there are a multitude of crossroads which bring the final image to the viewer.”

Back of a Bar, Clarksdale, MS, 2006 *

Home Cooking, Helena, AK, 2006 *

Shop Bench, Winter Garden, 2006

Bithlo, FL, 2003 *

Major Exhibitions

Solo Exhibition
Middle Tennessee State University,

The Other Florida,
Supreme Court Building, Tallahassee

Caring with Creativity,
Turning Point Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Recent Exhibitions

January through February, 2007
Southern Signs, a one-person exhibition at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS.

September through October, 2007
Silent Voices: Photographs of Signs in the Rural South by Rick Lang, in both galleries at Crealdé School of Art. Opening reception and artist talk, Friday, September 7, 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.

December, 2006
Backroads: The Photography of Rick Lang and Jon Manchester, Museum of Florida History, Tallahassee, FL

Where Two Roads Meet, The Art Center,
St. Petersburg, Fla., May 27-July 9, 2005

Books
Small Town Orange County; We the People... of Orange County,
Co-Author with Peter Schreyer

E-mail: Rickpho@aol.com Website: www.ricklangphoto.com

Blog: ricklangphoto.wordpress.com/

* This photograph was made with the support of an Individual Artist's Grant from United Arts of Central Florida. Rick Lang was awarded this grant in 2003 and again in 2006.