Pointing the Way

© Orah Moore About the ArtistOrah Moore- I began my photographic explorations in Dewitt, New York, as a child of twelve with my grandfather's camera, a Kodak Retina III. In high school I acquired black and white darkroom skills which opened a whole new world to me. In my late teens I ventured out to the Colorado Rockies amidst columbine and pine trees that smelled of vanilla. Mountain vistas seeped into my veins and found expression in color photography. Next my visual sojourns took me to California and Montana. I studied with Ansel Adams, Ruth Bernhard, V.M. Robertson and Ralph Cooksey-Talbott. I earned my MA in Fine Art Photography from California State College of Fullerton studying under Eileen Cowin and Darryl Curren. My Master's graduate show was from a body of work I shot in black and white infrared on a widelux camera of the ranching lifestyle of the family rancher (see Stewards of the Land on the home page). Another turn of the clock brought my young family and me to b