John Rohrbach

Clearly, given the success of Ketchum, and of Ketchum's activist projects, I'm in the minority. But I'll say it anyway.

I find nature photography that focuses on nature as subject to be both more enjoyable and effective. Of the works selected for this volume, I preferred Porter's. Ketchum pays too much attention to color as subject, to shape and line, etc. If he'd go truly abstract, ok, maybe I'd like his stuff more. But he still has recognizable trees and snowflakes and ponds in his show more pictures... it's just that they seem, to me, to be disrespected as compared to what Porter and I want to see in nature photography.

That being said, Ketchum's work is not bad, by any means. Some is interesting. The embroideries are amazing, and the crews (artisans?) at SERI deserve the highest accolades. And I imagine that if I'd seen Ketchum's work unto itself, instead of in direct comparison to Porter's, I may have enjoyed it more.

But I do believe that I do not feel the need to spend more time with Ketchum's, and I do with Porter's. show less