RON VAN DONGEN (Dutch, b. 1961) Rosa 'Black Beauty', 1998 Gelatin silver, 1998 Paper: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)...

Auction amount: $776.75

Sold: Jun 9, 2010

Ron van Dongen (Dutch)

Photography

Birth Place: Judibana, Venezuela

Biography:
Ron van Dongen Dutch, born 1961 Born in Judibana, Venezuela in 1961, Ron van Dongen was raised in Warmond, The Netherlands. He studied photography at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco and currently resides in Portland Oregon. Ron van Dongen's seductive black and white florals unearth floral secrets and symbols of our alternately nurturing and perilous relationship with nature. In simple arrangements and with masterful printing techniques, van Dongen conjures visual sensations that can reflect the struggles and confusions of everyday life in memorializing the beautiful, the simple, the flower.

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