"Photography is for me a kind of meditation that widens my perception of the existing and evolving world around us. I seek refuge and simplicity in my photographs and find a personal resolution and fulfillment that I sincerely hope others experience as well."
-Jeffrey Conley
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Jeffrey Conley is a fine art landscape photographer well known for his meticulously crafted monochromatic prints utilizing traditional darkroom processes of gelatin silver and hand-coated platinum/ palladium. Conley's work has been internationally exhibited and is included in museum collections worldwide. In 2011, his first monograph, Winter, was published by Nazraeli Press. A second monograph, Reverence, focusing on Conley's use of the platinum & palladium process, was published by Nazraeli Press in 2018. Platinum/ palladium prints are characterized by an exceptionally long and delicate range of velvety tones and a warm image color. They are considered among the most permanent of photographic printmaking processes due to the profound stability of the platinum group of noble metals of which the image is constituted.
Through his photography, Conley strives for a balanced simplicity that evokes a sense of wonder and reverence for the natural world. Scale and palette vary, from small, intimate and subtle, to large, grand and dramatic. In all, he seeks to capture a meditative spirit that is unique in his approach to photographing the landscape. In the end, he painstakingly strives to create beautifully luminous individually crafted prints.
Originally from New York State, Jeffrey received a BFA in Photographic Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology. In 1991 he moved to Yosemite National Park in California's majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains. There he explored the Sierra, photographed extensively, and taught photography at The Ansel Adams Gallery. He now lives in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
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Monographs:
Winter, photographs by Jeffrey Conley, Nazraeli Press, 2011
Reverence, photographs by Jeffrey Conley, Nazraeli Press, 2018
Museum of Art, Nanao, Japan
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA.
Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX.
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA.
Salzburg College, Salzburg, Austria
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art
Selected Exhibitions:
Peter Fetterman Gallery 2011, 2015, 2017/ 2018
Charles A. Hartman Fine Art 2011, 2015, 2018, 2020
Museum of Art, Nanao, Japan 2004
Monterey Museum of Art 2001
The Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA. 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2019
The Ansel Adams Gallery, Pebble Beach, CA 2000
John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
Spectrum Gallery, Rochester. NY 1991
Park Hyatt Carmel, Highlands Inn, Carmel, CA. 2004
Mumm Napa Valley, CA 1999
The Vault Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA. 1994Sun To Moon Gallery, Dallas, TX. 2012, 2014
Contact Jeffrey Conley
Email: jeff@jeffreyconley.com
Studio Telephone: 541.207.8861
