Fleisher: Challenge Artists: Christopher Ransom

Challenge Year

1994-1995 Artists

Stacy Collingham

William Cromar

Christopher Ransom

All Artists

CHALLENGE ARTISTS > 1994-1995 >

Christopher Ransom

	Pagan Flight, 1992, gelatin silver print, 9 3/8" x 7 1/2

Herman Melville wrote eloquently that, All profound things and emotions of things are preceded and attended by Silence. I am drawn to places, or things, that are invested with this sense of silence. There is a visual silence that can be felt. I am always stopped when I accidentally discover such places. Indeed, what precedes the opening of my shutter is silence. I work primarily with an 8 x 10 view camera and have been influenced by certain principles associated with the surrealist movement. My interest has been in making photographs that maximize the lenses' power to describe.

EDUCATION
MFA, University of Delaware, Newark , DE, 1993; BFA, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1982

EXHIBITIONS
Kent State University, Kent, OH, Faculty Exhibition, 1998; Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY, Classic Visions, 1994; University of Delaware, Art Department, Newark, DE, Faculty Exhibition, 1993

Find us on Facebook

About Challenge

Established in 1978, the Challenge Exhibition Series is a regional juried competition that is committed to enriching and expanding people's lives through art. Several three-person shows, held each year from September through May, feature the work of regional artists chosen annually from over three hundred entries.