RON HAMMOND
We are pleased to feature photographs by Ron Hammond in the January-March 2025 exhibit with the theme “Spying on a Memory” on the Burien Arts Gallery Wall, Highline Heritage Museum, 819 SW 152nd Street, Burien, WA.
“Like my heroes the great humanist photographers, I am much more interested in people and their everyday lives than in spectacular places or momentous events,” Ron said. “One of these heroes, Robert Doisneau, described himself as a “fisherman of images”. I like the metaphor of patiently waiting with baited camera at an interesting time and place.”
Ron has been actively photographing for over 50 years, full time since retiring from a long career in scientific software and control systems. The photos in the exhibit span 20 years.
Most of Ron’s work “organizes into loosely–defined, open-ended, projects that are seldom finished but often stop in interesting places for a show or a hand-made or published book,” he said.
Largely self-taught, Ron has formally studied photography at the Keenan Center for the Arts (Lockport NY), Bellevue Community College, Photographic Center Northwest (Seattle), the Coupeville Center for the Arts and privately with Russell Drisch (Buffalo, NY) and Nick Hansen (Seattle).
Individual photographs have appeared in the Seattle PI, the Seattle Times, the Buffalo NY Evening News, the New York Review of Books, and the New York Times.
Ron’s photos have been seen widely in books and exhibits, including:
Published Books:
Forgotten But Not Gone (with poet Judith Skillman)
The Last Human Freedom (with historian Doris Bean)
Regular Customer: 50 years at the Market
The Face of the Market
Collections:
Museum of History and Industry (Seattle)
Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center
Pike Place Market Foundation (Seattle)
Bowerbird Foundation (Philadelphia)
Walker Center for the Arts (Minneapolis)
Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Woodford County (Illinois) Historical Museum
Several private collections
Solo Shows:
Federal Way Art Commission Gallery, 2023
Highline Heritage Museum, 2021
Edmonds Arts Commission Gallery, Edmonds, 2022,2005
City of Burien Community Center,2019, 2023
Hallie’s Loft, Seattle, 2008
Shoreline Arts Center, Shoreline,2 07
Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River Community College, 2007
Old Redmond School House Gallery, Redmond, 2006
City of Covington Arts Commission Gallery, Covington, 2006
City of Auburn Arts Commission Gallery, Auburn, 2006
ArtsWest, Seattle, 2005
Lynnwood Arts Commission Gallery, Lynnwood, 2006
Kent Arts Commission Gallery, Kent,2005
The Fireplace Gallery, Mt. Hood CC, Gresham, OR, 2002
Benham Gallery, Seattle, 1994
Market Place Photo, Seattle, 1992
Eureka Illinois Public Library, Eureka, IL, 1991
Grand Central Bakery, Burien, 2021
Saltwater Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery, 2018
RE/MAX, West Seattle Art Walk, 2015
Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery 2015, 2015
Northlake Unitarian Church Gallery, 2009
Essential Baking Company, Seattle, 2006
Lombardi’s Restaurant, Ballard, 2005
Wallingford Community Office, Seattle, 2003
Frame Central, Seattle, 2003
The Grateful Bread, Seattle, 2001
Hopvine Café, Seattle, 2000
Pogacha Restaurant, Issaquah, 1999
Sprinkles Café, Seattle, 1999
The Corner House, Seattle,1993
Coyote Coffee Company, Kirkland, 1993
Selected Multi-Artist Shows:
Clarridge Gallery of Photography, 00, through 2015
Aljoya, Mercer Island, 2011
Larson Gallery, Yakima, 2010
Cascades Academy of Photography, Issaquah, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
Issaquah Gallery, Issaquah, 2003
Kirkland Gallery, Kirkland, 2003
East Shore Gallery, 08 (invited), 06 (invited), 2002, 1999,19 97
ColorGraphics, Seattle, 2001
Artemis Gallery, Seattle,2000
Barnes & Noble Books, Issaquah, 1998, 1999
Pogacha Restaurant, Bellevue, 1998
The Backstage, Seattle, 1990
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, 1990
Selected Juried Shows:
10x10x10 Tieton WA, 2022
Newspace for Photography, 2016
Mercer Island Art Council, 2015
Seattle City Panorama, 2015
Perfect Exposure, Los Angeles, 2015
University House, Issaquah, 2015
Aljoya, Mercer Island, 2011
Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, Oregon, 2011,2015,2016
28mm, (www.28mm.org),2005, 2004
Cascades Academy of Photography, Issaquah, 2005, 2004,2003, 2002, 2002
TheSight (www.thesight.com), 2002, 1999
Bellevue Arts Commission Bellevue, 2001, 2001
Phinney Center, Seattle, 2001
Larson Gallery Photography Exhibition,
Yakima, 2015, 2001, 2000, 1999
East Shore Gallery, (invited), Bellevue, 2000, 1997
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle,2000
Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, 1999
Benham Gallery, Seattle,1993
For more on Ron, visit https://www.ronfstop.com/
All photos on display at the Museum are for sale by the photographer.
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