About the Artist:

William Cameron “Ron” Christie is a fine art photographer with 35 years of experience capturing images of the wilderness regions of the southwest (Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, Arizona and Utah deserts, Zion National Park), the Ojai Valley, to the California coast and as far away as China. He comes from an artistic family. His mother, Mary Christie is a painter and sculptor. His brother is a ceramicist and his sister an art therapist. In addition, numerous members of his extended family are involved in the pursuit of creating art. Ron was introduced to the camera by his high school photography teacher. From that point on, an enduring passion for capturing beauty wherever it can be found was kindled. He possesses the unique ability to isolate the elements and principles of design from the most profound to the most sublime of subject matter.

Mr. Christie holds AA and BA degrees with specializations in photography as well as an MA degree in Instructional Media and Technology. He has taught photography at the high school, community college and university level. Ron’s equipment has run the gambit from 35mm and medium format to large format view cameras. Mr. Christie has a strong background in film-based photography but he now works almost exclusively with digital cameras. Ron is a member of the Ojai Art Association and has exhibited in numerous invitational as well as one-man shows.  His work is a part of many private and public collections.

Christie’s aesthetic sensibilities come from his deeply held spiritual values. He sees his work as a form of worship to the One who created the world he attempts to interpret with his lens.
  

Storm Surge, Huntington Beach CA