{"id":3,"date":"2008-11-05T18:43:58","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T01:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2008-11-20T22:27:13","modified_gmt":"2008-11-21T05:27:13","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: Bio\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Bio&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2Fbio%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeBio\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2Fbio%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2Fbio%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: Bio\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/bio\/&media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&description=Bio\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: Bio\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/bio\/\" title=\"Bio\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"3\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"c15be32482\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\" \/><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px 20px 15px 0px\" title=\"Photographer Thomas Bachand.  Berkeley, California\" src=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/bachand1c2200.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Bachand\" width=\"200\" height=\"145\" \/>Thomas Bachand has been a professional photographer for over a decade, working in both traditional and digital mediums.\u00a0 In addition to private collections, his photography can be found in the Bancroft Library and the California Historical Society.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Bachand\u2019s photography is a consideration of the land and the competing visions that inform our interaction with the world at large.\u00a0 Core to the work is its accessibility to the viewer.\u00a0 The use of color and a documentary style allow for an open and immediate connection to the subject.\u00a0 By embracing a historical perspective, the photography captures a sense of honesty characteristic of the medium\u2019s early pioneers.\u00a0 Whether creating a single, evocative image inviting reflection or a series conveying a sense of time and place, Bachand\u2019s exploration includes the role of storyteller.\u00a0 He seeks a convergence of the ordinary \u2014 extraordinary only in so much as it is revealing, offering both possibility and contemplation.\u00a0 Bachand&#8217;s work finds inspiration in Carleton Watkins, Eugene Atget, Ansel Adams, Richard Misrach, Larry Sultan, and Mark Rothko.\u00a0 For many years he assisted with photographers from all across America.\u00a0 His chief mentors were Grey Crawford and John Marriott.<\/p>\n<p>In his monograph of cotemporary landscape photography, &#8220;Lake Tahoe: A Fragile Beauty&#8221; (Chronicle Books 2008), Bachand draws on his 40-year personal history with Lake Tahoe to explore its place as a nexus for the salient issues confronting modern society and its ability to speak directly to our culture&#8217;s attitude toward the land.\u00a0 Revealing the delicate balance we strike with the environment is a juxtaposition of sublime and altered landscapes.\u00a0 Photographed in the large-format photographic tradition and accompanied by 19th Century essays by Mark Twain and photography by Carleton Watkins, the work ties closely to the region\u2019s early exploration.\u00a0 An introduction by preeminent Tahoe research scientist Dr. Charles Goldman and poetry by former US Poet Laureate and 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Hass, places the book firmly in the present day.\u00a0 Supporters include the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, the Oakland Museum, the Phoebe Hearst Museum, Adobe, and Hasselblad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: Bio\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Bio&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2Fbio%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeBio\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2Fbio%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2Fbio%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: Bio\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/bio\/&#038;media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&#038;description=Bio\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: Bio\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/bio\/\" title=\"Bio\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"3\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"c15be32482\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Thomas Bachand has been a professional photographer for over a decade, working in both traditional and digital mediums.\u00a0 In addition to private collections, his photography can be found in the Bancroft Library and the California Historical Society. 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