Philadelphia Inquirer reviews Rider's 'Organic Lines'

The Philadelphia Inquirer said Rider's "photos have a special authority," presenting "beauty carried off with an easy grace."

'Solo Series 2011' explores art's middle ground

Images on view at Abington Art Center

Paul Rider: Solo Series at Abington Art Center

Solo Series 2011: Fall

On view September 10 – November 27, 2011

Abington Art Center’s galleries will once again be transformed by four contemporary artists each presenting a solo exhibition. On view will be work by Sarah Becktel (Jersey City, paintings) Joseph Leroux (Philadelphia, installation) Erin Murray (Philadelphia, drawings) and Paul Rider(Philadelphia, photographs).

There will be a public reception and opening party on Sunday, September 11 from 3-5pm.

515 Meetinghouse Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 215-887-4882

Chance at the Crane Arts Building

InLiquid presents Paul Rider's Chance, an installation of photographic prints, at the Crane Arts Building, First Floor, Main Hall. On view through April 30. Click here to see more images.

Meet the artist Thursday April 14, 2011 6:00-8:00 PM

Crane Arts Building

1400 N. American Street

Philadlephia, PA

Charles Grogg • Andreas Rentsch • Paul Rider • Jennifer Schlesinger • Jessica Somers

Group Show of Work by New Artists

January 14 - February 14, 2011

Galerie BMG is delighted to host an exhibition of photographs by new artists associated with the gallery within the past year. The work continues our commitment to showcasing innovative and unique fine art photography created with an array of traditional and alternative processes.

Charles Grogg's "reconstructed" botanicals begin with platinum/palladium prints, hand-coated on handmade Japanese gampi. Each piece of the nine-piece image is individually exposed under sunlight, washed, dried, and then sewn with cotton thread onto a larger piece of Japanese washi.

Andreas Rentsch's series, "Entangled with Justice", depicts the complex realities and relationships of prisoners on Polaroid type 55 negatives, allowed to develop and decay over time. He describes the images as "part performance, part drawing and part chance".

Paul Rider creates landscapes in a studio environment, using paper material molded into various forms. His work is created digitally and printed using piezography inks, archival gray inks, and printed on Hahnemuhle rag paper.

Jennifer Schlesinger's toned gelatin silver prints from the "Object Diaspora" series are created with a large format pinhole camera and depict sacred objects that merge the memory and spirit of the person they once belonged to.

Jessica Somers' series "Bend So Not to Break" explores the balance between the choices one makes and the uncontrollable circumstances that intervene with these choices. The images are presented as Ziatype prints on salted cotton paper, printed in 8x10 format to maintain an intimacy and preciousness within the photograph.

The exhibition will be on display from January 14 through February 14. Winter gallery hours are Friday and Monday 12-5 and Saturday and Sunday 11-6 or other times by appointment. For further information, please contact the gallery at 845-679-0027.

Galerie BMG, located in the historic art colony of Woodstock, New York, specializes in contemporary fine art photography by regional, national and international artists.

Dark On Light

Paul Rider Larry Blackwood

Dark on Light

Photographs by Paul Rider and Larry Blackwood

Viewpoint Photographic Center

January 5, 2011 - February 5, 2011

Sacramento, California

Paul Rider’s “Drawn to the Light” images are abstract studies of light and shadow on paper, transformations that are contemplative and calming. The light strikes the curving paper revealing tension on the torn edges and palpable texture. Rider sees these as symbolic of world tension and conflict yet also envisions them as representative of hope and peace.

Rider expands: “The images are abstracts representing the landscape in the area of the world where the conflict is mostly occurring. Using the Eugene Smith’s photograph, “The Walk in Paradise Garden” as inspiration, I am mostly drawing from his idea of the bright light that the children are walking towards as the optimistic future. My imagery is created in a style similar to that of aerial topographic photography. The look of the imagery is created by the use of one main light source that emits the glow of light that is referenced in the Eugene Smith photograph. The glow represents the brightness of a future we are drawn towards, while still being surrounded by an immense darkness, representing the ongoing conflict.”

Globe Dye Works Photo Shoot

New Portraits

Paul Rider portraits are elegant tributes to individuality.

Make an appointment for your own photo shoot at Paul Rider Photography.