My name is John Charles Ricker. I am an artist, writer, speaker, and thinker who lives in Minneapolis.
This blog will evolve as I explore this medium of expression, but I expect it will always contain my photography and art. Some of the art will be straightforward, but over half of it will play with one's perception.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I added a picture to itself and this was the result. The original picture is a long exposure of Christmas lights.
his is one of my favorite waterfalls. The interaction of the water and the rocks is striking. These falls are on Minnesota highway 61 and are part of Temperance River State Park.
I added two photos of graffiti on painted rusting metal together and this was the result.
When I came upon this trunk in Cascade River State Park, I stopped for a moment to stare at it. A fungus has completely taken over this trunk. The cracks in the bark are an eerie fungal white.
The twilight sky silhouetted this vulture beautifully. This photograph really shines in black and white.
The Pigeon River is beautiful and deserves as much attention as the High falls. This picture was taken in Grand Portage State Park right on the Canadian Border.
The high falls in Grand Portage State Park, right on the Canadian Border, framed by the rocks and vegetation surrounding it. This waterfall is the highest in Minnesota.
The Brule river is one of my favorite rivers on the North Shore of lake superior. The colors of the rocks that line this river are beautiful.
The gulls at lake superior make excellent photo subjects. I learned more about high-speed and wildlife photography from them than I learned from any other source. When I realized that I had captured the shadow of this gulls beak on its wing I was overjoyed. Sometimes the best photographs are the ones where you capture something you didn’t even see before you released the shutter.
