A Photography Gallery by Del Ryder
What's Cool ?
"... a ball in the air, a guy in a T -- shirt standing in a nowhere street, a Volvo, whatever ---- cool. Anything could be cool as long as you didn't try to exert too much influence over it." David Salle About ChasingCool
Del Ryder has exhibited photographs at the Everson Museum of Art in New York and several galleries in the US and Canada while operating studios for commercial photography in New York and Orange County, CA. This site is dedicated to his fine art photography.
He photographs with an open agenda. Consequently, photographs on this site include digital and film photography, black and white, color, street, portrait, boudoir photography, landscape, still life and topographic photography focused on the cultural and social aspects of our built environment.
His Way of Working
Del studied Zen and Taoism in Japan and later in the US while studying photography. He has bachelors and masters degrees in psychology and counseling. In practice, his fine art photography is a reflection of his Zen training as well as his training in psychology and counseling, that is... to maintain an open mind (a mind without preconceptions) in order to see clearly "what is". His approach to subject matter is non - judgmental.
" To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're only photographing your own
preconceptions, which is very limiting." ~ Dorothea Lange
His goal, on the fine art side of his photography, has never been about money or awards or building a resume. It's about gaining a greater understanding of our world. He is curious and loves to be out 'on the road' exploring and discovering life along the way. He gains a sense of purpose and a connection with our world through photography that cannot be grasped in any other way. That connection has also provided him with a great sense of peace.
He hopes you enjoy viewing these photographs as much as he enjoyed taking them and consider your visit here on ChasingCool a positive experience. So, stay tuned. New photographs are posted weekly.