ABOUT RICK BOGACZ

Born and raised in Toronto, my artistic influences began with my father.

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He was a draftsman by trade but in his spare time loved to paint and sketch with pencils. I followed in his artistic footsteps for a while but grew frustrated by the results in oil, watercolour and acrylic.

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I am not exactly sure when I first picked up a camera but I remember purchasing a Canoe AE-1 when it first came out in the late 70s. I was hooked by the output, and with my journalistic background, concentrated on street photography as a hobby.

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In the mid-90s I decided it was time to pursue my passion for picture taking more seriously. I left my job as a reporter and studied photography fulltime at Humber College in Toronto. After graduating, I took on contract work as both a freelance reporter and news photographer.

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In 1997, I began a third career in digital media working for such organizations as AOL, the CBC, Quebecor and Microsoft. Throughout that entire time, I continued to shoot pictures.

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Always a disciple of an essentialist mindset, a trip to Marfa, Texas and seeing the works of sculptor Donald Judd really solidified my appreciation of the “less is more” esthetic.

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Further influenced by painters Edward Hopper, Christopher Pratt and photographer Michael Kenna, I continue to explore the use of negative space in my compositions, particularly architectural abstracts and long exposure landscapes. I am currently a member of the Ontario Society of Artists.