SSH Gallery Features Corvallis Photographer Dave McIntire
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| Dave McIntire photograph - Mt. Rainer "Renticular Cloud." |
A reception for the artist will be held Thursday, Jan. 9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The public is invited.
The exhibit features more than 20 of McIntire's large color and black-and-white images, many of which are being shown publicly for the first time. Several reveal the massive, 14,411-foot volcanic peak surrounded by dramatic, swirling clouds and cloaked in snow and ice. Others explore the glaciers slowly snaking down the mountain's slopes, and the many waterfalls, wildflower meadows and tumbling steams in the surrounding wilderness. One particularly impressive image presents a 6-foot long panorama of the mountain flanked by several neighboring peaks.
A retired botany professor at Oregon State University, the 81-year-old McIntire has devoted more than 20 years to photographing Mount Rainier and the national park that contains it. In his younger days he would hike for miles to reach a special vantage point from which to frame the highest peak in the Cascade Range.
"I have never seen a photograph of Mount Rainier that has the same intense emotional impact on me as being in the presence of this magnificent monolith in person," McIntire says. "I feel that, at best, my photographs represent a small sample of the real world experience. Nevertheless, I treasure these pictures because they allow me to remember and relive some of the best experiences in my life as a photographer."
The LBCC South Santiam Gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
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