About Ann Torrence and her photography

Contact Information

Phone: 801.557.0611

Fax: 801.582.6145

Bio

I write and photograph out of my Salt Lake City base. My first solo book is U.S. Highway 89: the Scenic Route to Seven Western National Parks, about the historic 1,600 mile route from Mexico to Canada, and the seven national parks on the way. Sagebrush Press will release the book in November 2009, and is available now from Amazon.com

I also contributed a color photographic essay to The Story of the Cathedral of the Madeleine The Story of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, also published by Sagebrush Press in July 2009.

I am the 2010 Artist-in-Residence for the Entrada Institute of Torrey, Utah. My project is a documentary look at volunteerism in rural Utah.

My documentary photos explore the interplay of the human element and landscape; transformations of culture-what is kept, lost, and reinvented over time; passionate people of any stripe, and the idea of the great American west. I look for the quirky and humorous aspects of life and scenery in the intermountain west, using Highway 89 as a theme and transect.

In parallel, I began making multispectral images, and have expanded that technique into a body of work I call remixes. I am now using registered infrared and visible spectrum files as components in some images. Other rely on blending in-camera and post-processed filters, random motion or moving lights to remix the straight image. This process is extraordinarily fun, often surprising, and immensely rewarding.

I enjoy meeting enthusiastic photographers at all levels of experience. I am a co-founder of PhotowalkingUtah, one of Utah's largest photography groups, dedicated to keeping photography fun. I blog about photowalking, digital editing and my photographic adventures.

Professional Activites

Quotes

A few of my favorites about photography, creativity, and more

The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. - John Burroughs

In a way, I never believed that it was me who found the places I photographed, but rather that the opposite is true. Those places called to me. - Wim Wenders