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Gregory O'Hanlon, a Baltimore native, began a career in fitness training while also working as a commercial and fitness model for eight years. In 2008, he relocated to the Washington, DC area and shortly after began his artistic journey.

As a self-taught photographer, Gregory transitioned from digital to large format film. He captures images with any number of cameras, but prefers to photograph using a 4x5, 5x7, or 8x10 film camera. He routinely incorporates a dedicated 617 film camera to create panoramas, one of his favorite formats. Gregory's work includes unique perspectives of our nation's capital, cityscapes, landscapes, seascapes, and abstract images. 

 

Artist Statement

Photography allows me both the ability to preserve fleeting moments in time and a means of self-expression. It enables me to communicate my interpretation of the world not always as it is, but as I would like to see it.

I am drawn to shapes, patterns, and textures found in the natural and man-made worlds. It is the co-existence and interaction between these environments, enhanced through the interplay of light and the changing seasons, that inspire my appreciation. My photographs capture forever the transitory alignment of these elements.

The conception of each image takes place long before the shutter closes. Every aspect is purposeful: the selection between film or digital method of capture, the choice of visual elements to comprise the scene, and the perseverance required while I anticipate the absolute moment to record it. At this point, the technical aspects of photography are complete. Now the artist within must come to the forefront. A transformation occurs through a combination of specialized skill and creative vision. Subtle yet precise digital manipulations of the image shape the scene to reveal its essence.

The print is the ultimate reward of the photographic process. The image becomes tangible, something to be felt and with which to connect.

 

Exhibitions

  • Altered Perspectives, Foundry Gallery, July 2023 (Washington, DC), High Altar- National Cathedral
  • Winter of Our Discontent, Foundry Gallery, January 2022 (Washington, DC), Reflections on the National Mall
  • Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, May 2021 (Baltimore, MD), National Gallery of Art- triptych
  • Requiem, Foundry Gallery, January 2021 (Washington, DC), Capitol Morning
  • Unforgotten, Foundry Gallery, May - June 2020 (Washington, DC), Profile
  • Light in Winter, Foundry Gallery, January 2019 (Washington, DC), National Gallery of Art- triptych
  • Superfine! DC, November 2018 (Washington, DC), Fragmented; Hirshhorn
  • Memory, Foundry Gallery, March 2018 (Washington, DC), Sky 
  • Prelude, Foundry Gallery, January 2018 (Washington, DC), Mountain Ash Trees
  • Biggs Picture Landscape Exhibition, Biggs Museum of American Art, June - July 2017 (Dover, DE), Fragmented
  • All That Jazz!, Foundry Gallery, April 2017 (Washington, DC), Hirshhorn II
  • Take It Outside, Foundry Gallery, July 2016 (Washington, DC), Sunset over Gulf of Mexico
  •  At Large, Foundry Gallery, January 2016 (Washington, DC), Crescent Moon over Gulf
  •  Juried into Art Night, Washington Project for the Arts, October 2015 (Washington, DC), Kimmel Center II; Under the Pier
  •  The Painted Word, Foundry Gallery, April 2015 (Washington, DC), Japanese Maple Trees, featuring poem, Japanese Maples by Lisa Couturier
  •  Six New Members...Six Directions, Foundry Gallery, February 2015 (Washington, DC)
  •  Juried into the Hill Center Galleries Regional Juried Exhibition, 2014 (Washington, DC), Kimmel Center II
  •  Accepted into the Bin Gallery at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, July 2013 - June 2014 (Alexandria, VA)
  •  Juried into The Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory All-Media Exhibit, March 2013 (Alexandria, VA), Under the Pier
  •  Juried into The Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory All-Media Exhibit, January 2013 (Alexandria, VA), Wavelets
  •  Juried into The Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory 'Scapes Exhibit, August 2012 (Alexandria, VA), White House- National Mall
  •  Juried into The Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory All-Media Exhibit, June 2012 (Alexandria, VA), Pieces
  •  Juried into The Art League Gallery at the Torpedo Factory All-Media Exhibit, January 2012 (Alexandria, VA), Abstractions

 

Publications

  •  A History Lover's Guide to Washington, DC: Designed for Democracy by Alison Fortier (cover)

 

Galleries