In 1979, while still at the School of Visual Arts, Tom Baril began working as Robert Mapplethorpe's printer. Having worked closely with that famous photographer and artist, Baril soon established his personal reputation as a master printer. At the same time, however, Tom Baril was quietly making his own photographs, carefully avoiding subjects close to Mapplethorpe's. He concentrated on ur
...see more »ban landscapes and architecture before moving into his own studio where, using a pinhole camera, he still makes meticulous botanical studies and nature photographs. Baril often waits for hours for just the right combination of shapes and light and it is this technique, combined with the complex layers of dramatic content, which has led to his artwork being described as photographic poetry. Baril's work can be found in public exhibitions throughout the USA.« see less
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