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⚫ '''Rodney Lough Jr.''' (born 1960) is an American ] ] and gallery owner.
Rodney Lough Jr. is an award winning ]. His most recent book “Wilderness Collections” won two prestigious ] and he was recently honored by the ] as being the worlds best landscape photographer. Lough works with the ] Film Talent Team as an expert lecturer. He has also been elected as a ].
Rodney began his professional life as a statistician and mathematician. He opened his first gallery in 2002 and is now the proprietor of Wilderness Collections Galleries at , ] and the ]. He plans to open a new galley in ] in 2009. Rodney Lough Jr. lives and works in ], ] with his wife and their four children.


== Books == ==Early life==
Rodney Lough Jr. was born 1960 in ]. Lough spent part of his childhood in ].<ref name="Grueling">{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=OR&p_theme=or&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_text_search-0=Grueling%20AND%20Summer%20AND%20Show%20AND%20Circuit%20AND%20Can%20AND%20Grind%20AND%20Away%20AND%20At%20AND%20Artists&s_dispstring=Grueling%20Summer%20Show%20Circuit%20Can%20Grind%20Away%20At%20Artists%20AND%20date(2001)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=2001&xcal_numdocs=50&p_perpage=25&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no|page=8 |newspaper= ] |date=June 14, 2001 |title=Grueling Summer Show Circuit Can Grind Away At Artists |author=Stephanie Basalyga |accessdate=April 5, 2018|url-access=subscription }}{{closed access}}</ref> His first camera, an Olympus OM-1,<ref>""Background of a Master</ref> was a gift from an uncle when Lough was a child. In 1988 at the age of 28, he graduated from ] with a Master of Science in Statistics degree.<ref name="New Look">William Sawalich, "", ''Outdoor Photographer.'' Accessed 2009-08-17.</ref>
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After graduating from Brigham Young University in 1988, Lough worked as a statistician and mathematician.<ref name="New Look"/> Seven years later in 1995, he became a full-time photographer.<ref>William Sawalich, "", ''Outdoor Photographer.'' Accessed 2009-09-22.</ref> In 1999, Lough received the ] Award for photography at Virginia's Art Explosure.<ref>{{cite news|page=E2 |newspaper= ] |date=May 15, 1999|title=Monoprints Snag Top Art Show Award |accessdate=November 12, 2012|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68442767.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407053451/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68442767.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 7, 2018}}</ref>

In 2000-2001, while living in ], Lough focused on landscape photography and drew his entire income from art festival circuit artwork sales.<ref name="Grueling"/> In 2000, he spent six months out of the year driving to and participated in 32 shows around the United States and spent the other six months photographing landscape scenes.<ref name="Grueling"/> In 2001, his efforts paid off and he was invited to participate in the Lake Oswego, Oregon art festival, close to where he grew up.<ref name="Grueling"/> Lough also opened his first gallery in 2001.

In 2009, Lough opened Rodney Lough Jr. Wilderness Collections to sell award-winning photography in the ],<ref>{{cite news|newspaper= ] |date=February 9, 2009 |title=Destination: Mall of America |accessdate=November 12, 2012|url=http://groups.google.com/group/ITPSnews/tree/browse_frm/month/2009-02?_done=%2Fgroup%2FITPSnews%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fmonth%2F2009-02%3F&}}</ref> one of the largest ] in the United States that is located in ], ]. Later that year, in December, Lough opened his City Center Gallery in ],<ref>{{cite news|page=1D |newspaper= ] |date=December 3, 2009 |title=Bigger, Bolder Luxury |author=Arnold M. Knightly |accessdate=November 12, 2012|url=http://www.lvrj.com/neon/everywhere-you-look-79484607.html}}</ref> a {{convert|16797000|sqft|adj=on}} mixed-use, urban complex on {{convert|76|acre}} located on the ] in ] that opened on December 16, 2009. Along with American ] and entrepreneur ] and contemporary bronze sculpture figurative artist ], Lough's works contribute to comprising a Gallery Row of Fine Art at CityCenter.<ref>{{cite news|page=6 |newspaper= ] |date=December 27, 2009 |title=Shopping: The Big Spenders' Vegas |author=Jay Jones |accessdate=November 12, 2012|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/27/image/la-ig-citycenter27-2009dec27/2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128031026/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/27/image/la-ig-citycenter27-2009dec27/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper= ] |date=October 21, 2010 |title=CityCenter rises despite hard times|author=Candice Shih |accessdate=November 12, 2012|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/citycenter-272327-strip-vegas.html}}</ref> By May 2010, Lough photography success had gained him a fan base of young photographers.<ref>{{citation needed|reason=See Talk Page|date=April 2018}}{{cite news|newspaper= ] |date=May 5, 2010 |title=Young photographer wins 1st place |accessdate=April 5, 2018|url=http://montgomeryadvertiser.newspapers.com/search/#ymd=2010-05-05|url-access=subscription }}{{closed access}}</ref> One commentator noted in August 2010 that, at Lough's Wilderness Collections gallery in ], "the jump-out-at-you colors of the ] of Rodney Lough Jr. recalled memories of visits to ] and ]."<ref>{{cite news|page=3H |newspaper= ] |date=August 1, 2010 |title=You'll Think You Flew The Globe To Sausalito |author= Marta Yamamoto|accessdate=November 12, 2012|url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/104500406/Youll-think-you-flew-the-globe-to-Sausalito}}</ref>

In August 2011, Lough's The Lough Road company received US$650, 000 in funding from ] company ] to open a ] of the Rodney Lough Jr. Wilderness Collection Gallery.<ref name="Keiretsu">{{cite news|newspaper= ] |date=August 4, 2011|title= Keiretsu Forum Angel Investors Fund New San Francisco Location for Wilderness Landscape Gallery: The Lough Road, Inc. Raises $650K Convertible Note|author= Sonja Markova|accessdate=November 12, 2012|url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/keiretsu-forum-angel-investors-fund-new-san-francisco-location-wilderness-landscape-1545924.htm}}</ref> Wilderness Collection Gallery San Francisco, located on One Jefferson Street in San Francisco, features Lough's wilderness landscape.<ref name="Keiretsu"/> In December 2011, the readers of ] magazine named Lough the grand prize winner in that magazine's 18th annual Readers' Photo Contest.<ref name="Happy">{{cite news|newspaper= ] |date=December 15, 2011 |title= Happy Valley photographer wins contest in national photography magazine|author=Emily Fuggetta |accessdate=November 12, 2012|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/happy-valley/index.ssf/2011/12/happy_valley_photographer_wins.html}}</ref> The natural world photo which brought him the top award over 3,500 other previously award winning submissions, "Passing Through," was taken at Nevada's ] and focused on color, texture and detail that allowed viewers to see in real life what they otherwise would never see.<ref name="Happy"/> In 2012, Lough lead several outdoor photography workshops in Arizona's ] near ].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper= Web Newswire (India) |date=September 26, 2011 |title=Master Landscape Photographer Rodney Lough Jr. Leads Workshops in Arizona's Antelope Slot Canyon in March 2012 |accessdate=November 12, 2012|url=http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/world%E2%80%99s-best-master-landscape-photographer-rodney-lough-jr-leads-workshops-arizona%E2%80%99s-antelope-slot-c}}</ref> Also in 2012, Trewin Framery and Art Gallery in ] maintained an ongoing exhibit of Lough's work.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=]|date=November 9, 2012|title=Calendar: Events in and around Modesto|accessdate=November 12, 2012|url=http://www.modbee.com/2012/11/07/2446646_p4/calendar-events-in-and-around.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129045843/http://www.modbee.com/2012/11/07/2446646_p4/calendar-events-in-and-around.html|archive-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref>


==Awards== ==Awards==
Through his photography career, Lough or his company has won:
2007
* ] International Awards- Best Landscape Photographer * 2007 ] ] International Print Awards - Best Landscape Photographer<ref>http://www.naturesbestphotography.com/gallery_2007.php and , Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.</ref>
* 2009 ] Award ("Benny" Award) - Best of Category for 'Art Books (4 or more colors)' - for ''Beyond the Trail''<ref>"". This category also had another winner.</ref>
* ] International Photography Awards - Professional Honorable Mention
* 2014 Wilderness Forever at ] National Museum of Natural History - Grand Prize <ref>Wilderness50th Organization and , Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.</ref>
* ] - Professional Honorable Mention


== Books ==
2005
* {{cite book |title= Wilderness Collections|first=Rodney |last=Lough Jr. |publisher=The Lough Road |location= Wilsonville, Oregon |year=2000 |isbn=0-9704011-0-8}}
* Exhibition at the ]
* {{cite book |title= Beyond the Trail|first=Rodney |last=Lough Jr. |publisher=The Lough Road |location= Wilsonville, Oregon |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-9704011-1-3}}
* {{cite book |title= Stand Here|first=Rodney |last=Lough Jr. |publisher=The Lough Road |location= Wilsonville, Oregon |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-9704011-0-6}}
* {{cite book |title= Swan Song|first=Rodney |last=Lough Jr. |publisher=The Lough Road |location= Wilsonville, Oregon |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-9704011-2-0}}


==Exhibitions==
2003
*"Nature's Best". ] (2007&ndash;2008)<ref>"", Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Accessed 2009-08-17.</ref>
* Named on the ] Master Photographer's List
*"Wilderness Forever". ] (2014&ndash;2015)<ref>, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.</ref>
* ] - best of show
* ] - Festival Award


==References==
2001
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* ] - Award of Excellence
* ] - Awarded two Benny Awards


==See also== ==Further reading==
* , ], January 18, 2012
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* , ], December 16, 2008
* ]
* , ], January 1, 2016


== External links == == External links ==
* <br /> * Official website {{URL|rodneyloughjr.com}}
* {{Facebook|rodneyloughjr|Rodney Lough Jr.}}
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American photographer and gallery owner
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Rodney Lough Jr.
Rodney Lough Jr.
Born (1960-07-22) July 22, 1960 (age 64)
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
NationalityAmerican
Known forLandscape photography
Websiterodneyloughjr.com

Rodney Lough Jr. (born 1960) is an American landscape photographer and gallery owner.

Early life

Rodney Lough Jr. was born 1960 in Jacksonville, Florida. Lough spent part of his childhood in Lake Oswego, Oregon. His first camera, an Olympus OM-1, was a gift from an uncle when Lough was a child. In 1988 at the age of 28, he graduated from Brigham Young University with a Master of Science in Statistics degree.

Career

Lough's 2011 Popular Photography grand prize winner

After graduating from Brigham Young University in 1988, Lough worked as a statistician and mathematician. Seven years later in 1995, he became a full-time photographer. In 1999, Lough received the A.B. Jackson Award for photography at Virginia's Art Explosure.

In 2000-2001, while living in Happy Valley, Oregon, Lough focused on landscape photography and drew his entire income from art festival circuit artwork sales. In 2000, he spent six months out of the year driving to and participated in 32 shows around the United States and spent the other six months photographing landscape scenes. In 2001, his efforts paid off and he was invited to participate in the Lake Oswego, Oregon art festival, close to where he grew up. Lough also opened his first gallery in 2001.

In 2009, Lough opened Rodney Lough Jr. Wilderness Collections to sell award-winning photography in the Mall of America, one of the largest shopping mall in the United States that is located in Bloomington, Minnesota. Later that year, in December, Lough opened his City Center Gallery in CityCenter Las Vegas, a 16,797,000-square-foot (1,560,500 m) mixed-use, urban complex on 76 acres (31 ha) located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada that opened on December 16, 2009. Along with American glass sculptor and entrepreneur Dale Chihuly and contemporary bronze sculpture figurative artist Richard MacDonald, Lough's works contribute to comprising a Gallery Row of Fine Art at CityCenter. By May 2010, Lough photography success had gained him a fan base of young photographers. One commentator noted in August 2010 that, at Lough's Wilderness Collections gallery in Sausalito, "the jump-out-at-you colors of the nature photography of Rodney Lough Jr. recalled memories of visits to Point Reyes and Yosemite National Park."

In August 2011, Lough's The Lough Road company received US$650, 000 in funding from angel investment company Keiretsu Forum to open a San Francisco, California of the Rodney Lough Jr. Wilderness Collection Gallery. Wilderness Collection Gallery San Francisco, located on One Jefferson Street in San Francisco, features Lough's wilderness landscape. In December 2011, the readers of Popular Photography magazine named Lough the grand prize winner in that magazine's 18th annual Readers' Photo Contest. The natural world photo which brought him the top award over 3,500 other previously award winning submissions, "Passing Through," was taken at Nevada's Black Rock Desert and focused on color, texture and detail that allowed viewers to see in real life what they otherwise would never see. In 2012, Lough lead several outdoor photography workshops in Arizona's Antelope Slot Canyon near Page, Arizona. Also in 2012, Trewin Framery and Art Gallery in Modesto, California maintained an ongoing exhibit of Lough's work.

Awards

Through his photography career, Lough or his company has won:

Books

  • Lough Jr., Rodney (2000). Wilderness Collections. Wilsonville, Oregon: The Lough Road. ISBN 0-9704011-0-8.
  • Lough Jr., Rodney (2008). Beyond the Trail. Wilsonville, Oregon: The Lough Road. ISBN 978-0-9704011-1-3.
  • Lough Jr., Rodney (2012). Stand Here. Wilsonville, Oregon: The Lough Road. ISBN 978-0-9704011-0-6.
  • Lough Jr., Rodney (2016). Swan Song. Wilsonville, Oregon: The Lough Road. ISBN 978-0-9704011-2-0.

Exhibitions

References

  1. ^ Stephanie Basalyga (June 14, 2001). "Grueling Summer Show Circuit Can Grind Away At Artists". The Oregonian. p. 8. Retrieved April 5, 2018.Closed access icon
  2. "RLJr.com"Background of a Master
  3. ^ William Sawalich, "A New Look at the Landscape", Outdoor Photographer. Accessed 2009-08-17.
  4. William Sawalich, "A New Look at the Landscape", Outdoor Photographer. Accessed 2009-09-22.
  5. "Monoprints Snag Top Art Show Award". Virginia Pilot and Ledger-Star. May 15, 1999. p. E2. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  6. "Destination: Mall of America". Livingston County Daily Press. February 9, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  7. Arnold M. Knightly (December 3, 2009). "Bigger, Bolder Luxury". Las Vegas Review-Journal. p. 1D. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  8. Jay Jones (December 27, 2009). "Shopping: The Big Spenders' Vegas". Los Angeles Times. p. 6. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  9. Candice Shih (October 21, 2010). "CityCenter rises despite hard times". Orange County Register. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  10. "Young photographer wins 1st place". Montgomery Advertiser. May 5, 2010. Retrieved April 5, 2018.Closed access icon
  11. Marta Yamamoto (August 1, 2010). "You'll Think You Flew The Globe To Sausalito". San Jose Mercury News. p. 3H. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  12. ^ Sonja Markova (August 4, 2011). "Keiretsu Forum Angel Investors Fund New San Francisco Location for Wilderness Landscape Gallery: The Lough Road, Inc. Raises $650K Convertible Note". Market Wire. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  13. ^ Emily Fuggetta (December 15, 2011). "Happy Valley photographer wins contest in national photography magazine". The Oregonian. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  14. "Master Landscape Photographer Rodney Lough Jr. Leads Workshops in Arizona's Antelope Slot Canyon in March 2012". Web Newswire (India). September 26, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  15. "Calendar: Events in and around Modesto". The Modesto Bee. November 9, 2012. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  16. http://www.naturesbestphotography.com/gallery_2007.php and at Smithsonian, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
  17. "2009 Best of Category". This category also had another winner.
  18. Wilderness50th Organization and at Smithsonian, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
  19. "Fly Geyser", Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Accessed 2009-08-17.
  20. at [Smithsonian, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Further reading

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