Forever 

The cacophony of plastic that exists in our world is what is being explored through the imagery. The images are created similar to the process created by William Henry Fox Talbot with his photogenic drawings in The Pencil of Nature. While Talbot was using natural elements to create his imagery, these images are using the man made material of plastic. With Talbot’s process, the images were an artistic document of an ephemeral object. These images are slightly the reverse, an artistic creation utilizing objects that will outlive us, and most likely the imagery itself.

— Paul. Rider

Paul Rider is a Philadelphia based artist having earned his BFA in Photography from Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA., (now University of the Arts), and his MFA in Photography from Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA. Working in discrete series, Rider creates his imagery by constructing still life in the studio utilizing found objects and also through the use of abstract and documentary photographic styles. One compelling theme that has driven his work, is the interface and struggle between nature and manmade urban culture. In 2008-2010, he was a fellow at the Center for the Emerging Visual Artist in Philadelphia, PA. He was one of the founding members of the photographic cooperative Level 3 in Philadelphia, PA., where he also served as exhibition curator/ coordinator. He has taught photography at the university level since 2003. Rider's photographs have been exhibited in Europe and throughout the United States in museums, university and commercial galleries, and at various visual art centers. In 2021 Rider was a finalist in Fresh 2021, Fresh Annual Photography at Klompching Gallery, NYC.

Contact Paul at:

paul.rider@gmail.com 

267-307-2044 

www.prphoto.org