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Where the Wild Things Are

I made these photographs with my 4x5 view camera on sheet film. They represent the beauty and mystery to be found in the quiet places of Colorado and Wisconsin. When I photograph these natural cathedrals, I feel as if I've heard whispered secrets that I can only share through the lens of my camera.

Awards

Photographer of the Year Contest

2025

Honorable Mention

Film/Analog

Professional

Nominee

Landscapes

Professional

Where the Wild Things Are

I made these photographs with my 4x5 view camera on sheet film. They represent the beauty and mystery to be found in the quiet places of Colorado and Wisconsin. When I photograph these natural cathedrals, I feel as if I've heard whispered secrets that I can only share through the lens of my camera.

About Artist

David Zlotky

My approach to photography springs from my years as a painter: experience that has forged my aesthetic as a visual storyteller. I’m not interested in the literal depiction of a moment in time as I would be if I were on an editorial assignment shooting for a news magazine. As a fine art photographer, I treat my images much like I would a painting. Digital tools have replaced my darkroom in which I spent many years, and pixels in my camera’s sensor have taken the place of grains of silver on film. I take great pride in the fact that my painting, “Picnic with the Travel Aire 1926”, has been acquired by the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum for its esteemed collection. Another of my oil paintings, this one of Georgia Neese Clark, the first female U.S. Treasurer, is housed in the Truman Library. Two of my paintings are also part of the Air Force Art Collection, based in the Pentagon. My fine art photography has been selected for inclusion in multiple juried shows, most notably at the Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado, and the MPLS Photography Center in Minneapolis. It also lives in numerous private collections and has been shown in commercial galleries in Kansas and Colorado.

David Zlotky

Photographic Areas of Focus

Architecture, Domestic Animals, Film/Analog, Landscapes, People, Sports

Location

United States of America

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