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Jerome Hart
July 18 – August 30, 2003 |
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The S K Josefsberg Studio
is pleased to present the work of Portland photographer
Jerome Hart, on view at the gallery July 18 – August 30, 2003.
This exhibition of Jerome Hart’s palladium prints is a
survey of his artistic endeavors since 1994. Working as a
commercial photographer for more than 25 years, his personal
creative vision jelled when he began working in the
platinum/palladium process a decade ago. The antiquated
process has had a revival in recent years—its warm sepia
pallet (due to the level of palladium) is alluring for its
classic character. Hart shoots primarily with 35mm for his
palladium prints, as it affords greater texture when pushed to
larger print formats.
My ambition is to reproduce a sense of what I feel
rather than what I see when exposing the film. These images
are photographs of light, not necessarily of the subject. I
feel exhilarated by the light and delighted when I am able to
communicate this with my camera. As a print maker, the
palladium process has allowed me to give voice to the light.
—Jerome Hart
 Born in Illinois, Jerome Hart spent much of his childhood
in Madison, Wisconsin where he had the opportunity to indulge
in the legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright. His studies in
photography began at the University of Wisconsin. After two
years, however, he left the University to join the Peace
Corps. Hart spent two and a half years with the Corps, working
primarily in Somalia and Ethiopia. At the end of his service
he was drafted and served in the US Army for two years.
Relieved of his duty, he returned to academia and was awarded
a Bachelors of Professional Arts degree from Brooks Institute
in Santa Barbara. Moving then to Portland, Oregon, Hart opened
his commercial photography business in 1975. Jerome Hart
Photography continues to thrive and in June 2000 many of his
images were published in Wildwood: Cooking from the Source in
the Pacific Northwest by Portland chef Cory Schreiber.
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