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" I found Nicholas Price's Playground of The Gods to be a truly unique and inspiring collection of photographs of one of Nevada's hidden treasures. As you know, Valley of Fire is often photograph but seldom so in such a breathtaking way"
– David K. Morrow Chief Administrator, Nevada State Parks
The Crab
Abandoned in The Clay
Peaceful Rest
The Conversation
Letting Off Steam
Taking you a little over 60 miles from the world's largest adult playground, within this place there is so much more.
The spiritual energy of the past and present in rocks untouched for eons and laid down 150 million years ago. In this mass of color, texture and character, there are faces and creatures that can tell a story or two.
The tests of time have taken their toll on these fragile images, and if you are a fan of Intelligent Design rather than a Darwinian, you could take heed in this, the Playground of the Gods.
Here those experiments were conducted prior to completing the finished articles. These forms of man, woman and beast, those bodily shapes tested here, larger than life - and all you saw was a mass of rock.
Well, here I will show you a little more in the Playground of the Gods..............
© 2005- 2007 Nicholas A. Price. All Rights Reserved
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About the Collection Internationally acclaimed master fine art photographer Nicholas A. Price takes us on another of his unique photographic journeys, this time into his perspective of where all of the ideas of life as we know it began - in the Playground of the Gods, based in The Valley of Fire in the State of Nevada. From the 2,500 photographs taken, this journey shows the natural sites and scenes never seen before in such a unique place as this andthrough the lense and humor of the artist, further challenges the long debate between Darwin and Intelligent Design theorists. The exhibition of 30-40 traditionally hand printed photographs has been created not only in Price's trademark black and white film but we are also treated to the beautiful sky and landscapes in Kodachrome color. |
- "The images are simply breathtaking."- "Landscape photography is often a little on the boring side, but Price's Playground offers a dramatic menagerie of men, animals and other forms of life - But the real sustenance of the gods is served up in the imagery of Price, with a series of Valley of Fire shots that, while plenty playful, poignantly emphasizes the divine strength of these ancient rocks. Indeed, gazing at these photos is a spiritual occurrence you don't often get in your average art gallery." JARRET KEENE, Art Critic, City Life Article: Godland - Photographer Nicholas Price divines the Valley of Fire
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 Aging |
 Eagle |
 Eons Of Consideration |
 Framing The Face of Man |
 Ghostly
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 Hewn from The Earth |
 Man In The Moon |
 Onlooker |
 Sleeping Giants |
 The Baby |
 The Fish and The Crocodile |
 The Foundation of Mankind |
 The Gorilla |
 The Pain of Evolving |
 The Philosopher |
 The Struggle Between Man and Beast |
 The Three Angry Faces |
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 Watching and Forever Waiting |
About Master Fine Art Photographer Nicholas A. Price
With a first love of photography Nicholas flirted with the world of business as a successful entrepreneur for a time before returning to professional photography. With over 20 years experience, Nicholas A. Price has spent the past decade documenting the American people, culture, economic, engineering and other achievements and its trials and tribulations using his unique style and highly technical skills all through the lens of his manual film cameras. Some of the most important photographic commissions and projects that were created on film in this single artist's style have never or have rarely been, duplicated by another single photographer.
Nicholas describes his methods simply: "It is not that I don't embrace technology, I love science and our progress forward as human beings in so many ways, it is just that the technology in my field of creativity does not embrace me, my vision for perfection, something precious and a true story, the wonderful tangibility of film and traditional process still remains both exciting and unique, the quality and beauty of the finished work incomparable to any other method."
His most personal work includes candid people photography within a huge range of themes and subjects that include Entertainment, Urban Themes, Aviation, Conservation, Portraiture Studies, Animal interaction Fine Art Nudes, Human Forms and Classical Dance. These photographs depict a certain humble and inspiring perspective of this artist and photographer – the Nicholas Price style of photography that is truthful, objective and usually candid.
Nicholas has been commissioned by and has collaborated with many prestigious entities including Fortune 500 Companies, Bank of America, The Wall Street Journal, Boeing, the National Parks Service, the SeaWorld Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, The Audubon Society, University of Miami's Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Nevada and the Public Lands Institute, various other educational establishments, institutions and other non-profit organizations. His work has been featured in numerous media outlets including The Boston Globe, L.A. Times, USA Today – Life, Fox News, and KNPR- National Radio, and his work is collected in more than 35 countries.
Notably, Nicholas was recently granted exclusive and unique access to photograph the human story behind the men and women of the U.S. Air Force. The eighteen-month project was remarkable in that Nicholas, a civilian and artist, was granted unprecedented "all access" and complete artistic license to every corner of some of the largest military installations in the country. Over 8,000 photographs were taken of which 60 were painstakingly selected in recognition of the Air Force's 60th anniversary in 2007, which not only include the works in a special presentation to the President of the United States but also included a short touring exhibition that concluded with a 6-month solo exhibition at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. These 60 images were recently acquired by one of the world's most prestigious institutions – the United States Library of Congress.
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