Joel Krenis

After coming to Rochester in 1973 to do graduate work in philosophy at the University of Rochester in 1973 , I became a software developer and spent the next -- almost 30 -- years working at various jobs in Rochester and Washington, DC.

For at least the last 20 years I’ve been interested in photography, first as way of recording my extensive travel experiences in the US, Europe, Asia and South America, and more recently as an end in itself. My photographic interests and tastes are eclectic: I like architectural/landscape subjects, both black and white and color, as well as, nature and street shots. I use film (35mm and 6x7 cm medium format) and digital cameras in my work. Since many of my landscapes are shot with fine emulsion medium format films, I am capable of producing large and, in some cases, very large prints. Some of the attributes, among others, that I like to see in landscapes are these:  dramatic skies, for obvious reasons;  people – generally one or two – to give scale and focus, as well as, an iconic quality to cityscapes; and, for color pictures, a somewhat reduced color palette, sort of a cross between a monotone and a color picture.

In the last 5 years, I have sold my prints in Washington, DC and Rochester, NY.

 
email  joel.krenis@imagecityphotographygallery.com