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 darkroom. The end result is my principal aim but the camera remains my primary tool. I collect colour, 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.