Reed Hearne

Reed Hearne is an artist, photographer and published writer of fiction. At the age of nineteen he left Phoenix, Arizona to be totally self-supporting and to live most of his life in California. In San Francisco, where he lived for thirty years, he earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of San Francisco and an MA in English from San Francisco State University. Reed says of his work, “I am not a purist and I view digital editing as the modern dark room. The end result is my principal aim but the camera remains my primary tool. I collect color, texture and design in my viewfinder from subjects that are often ordinary. Mental labels associated with objects are discarded to form a digital painting that becomes its own subject. As Monet said, “To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at.” I hope to uncover what is beautiful, intriguing, contemplative and singular behind the mundane. Because true art always springs from history, I never lose sight of the masters who sought to forge new frames of reference.

He has received international recognition and most recently was :

A Silver Medal Winner at The Moscow International Photo Awards for 2019 and a Top 20 Finalist at both Winter and Summer Editions of FOCUS Photo LA 2019 exhibited in Los Angeles and New York City.

His work is in private and public collections around the world.