“New York 2012”
"New York 2012"
by Peter Lik
www.lik.com
Lobby Gallery
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
curated by Janusz jaworski
Peter Lik stands at the summit of landscape photography. World-renowned, highly awarded, and boasting a huge international following, Lik's journey had humble origins. Born in Melbourne, Australia, to Czech immigrants, it was his parents' gift of a Kodak Brownie camera on his eighth birthday that set young Peter's course.
Entirely self-taught, Lik worked hard at his craft before making a life-changing decision: to come to the United States in 1984. A defining moment in Lik's life came when he was introduced to the medium format panoramic camera. This larger-than-life compelled Peter to rise to its challenge to "Go big or go home".
Lik did both. He returned to Australia to photograph the vastness of the Great South Land. Peter then went on to open his own fine art publishing company as well as his first gallery in his adopted hometown of Cairns.
He returned to the United States in 1989 for another jaunt before undertaking a mammoth trip early in the millinnium to photograph landscapes of all 50 states. Fifty thousand miles and 1,000 rolls later, the "biggest challenge of my life" was completed. Highlights of Peter's American odyssey can be found in his book, "Spirit of America".
Peter's 2012 New York City collection yields a stunning array of images spanning from Manhattan to Montak. The collection captures the true spirit of New York in a uniique perspective from the lens of Peter Lik. Featured phtoograph, Hidden Secret, radiates a soft painterly feel that captures this vision,
by Peter Lik
www.lik.com
Lobby Gallery
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
curated by Janusz jaworski
Peter Lik stands at the summit of landscape photography. World-renowned, highly awarded, and boasting a huge international following, Lik's journey had humble origins. Born in Melbourne, Australia, to Czech immigrants, it was his parents' gift of a Kodak Brownie camera on his eighth birthday that set young Peter's course.
Entirely self-taught, Lik worked hard at his craft before making a life-changing decision: to come to the United States in 1984. A defining moment in Lik's life came when he was introduced to the medium format panoramic camera. This larger-than-life compelled Peter to rise to its challenge to "Go big or go home".
Lik did both. He returned to Australia to photograph the vastness of the Great South Land. Peter then went on to open his own fine art publishing company as well as his first gallery in his adopted hometown of Cairns.
He returned to the United States in 1989 for another jaunt before undertaking a mammoth trip early in the millinnium to photograph landscapes of all 50 states. Fifty thousand miles and 1,000 rolls later, the "biggest challenge of my life" was completed. Highlights of Peter's American odyssey can be found in his book, "Spirit of America".
Peter's 2012 New York City collection yields a stunning array of images spanning from Manhattan to Montak. The collection captures the true spirit of New York in a uniique perspective from the lens of Peter Lik. Featured phtoograph, Hidden Secret, radiates a soft painterly feel that captures this vision,
