About the Photographer
Eric M. Renard is a Los Angeles based fine art photographer and one of California’s leading contemporary artists. His passion for photography was ignited at Tufts University in Boston, where he studied photography under Siegfried Halus. After graduating, Eric returned to San Francisco and worked as an architectural real estate photographer before moving to Los Angeles.
The most recent exhibition, Black White Captures of the World was both created and curated by Eric. Along with San Francisco based photographer Gigi Chung, the team scrutinized hundreds of photographs submitted from Argentina, Belgium, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the UK and across the United States. “This very unique exhibition showcases some of today’s best photographers from across the globe” said Renard. “With no more than one image per submitting photographer this exhibition gives a real sense of where fine art photography is today in all parts of the world” he said.
For the past few years, he has explored the modern world through black & white photography and has focused on high contrast, urban cityscapes which portray an eerie sense of peace and tranquility. The landscape is the hero in these images, with the people subject to the power of their surroundings.
Eric Renard’s recent exhibitions “Slice of Light”, “Nobody Walks in L.A.”, “Soul of a City” and “Urbanity in Black and White” focused on high contrast, urban cityscapes, reflecting an eerie sense of peace and tranquility. The cityscape is the hero in these photographs, with the people subject to the power of their surroundings.
The “Nobody Walks in L.A.” solo exhibition ran October-December in 2023 at the Sasse Museum of Art in Pomona. In 1982, the song “Walking in L.A.” by the new wave band Missing Persons, poked fun at Los Angeles for its dependence on cars with the refrain — “Nobody Walks in L.A.”. Forty years later, the world still thinks we don’t walk much but we do and we also saunter, stroll, and strut our stuff on bikes and scooters wherever we go. Wrapped in our daily cocoon of routine, we obliviously move past cityscapes painted by light and shadows. In this series of images we explore the unique architecture of Los Angeles, some of it loved, some of it hated and some of it completely unnoticed.
Eric’s photography has found its way into art galleries in London, Barcelona, Budapest, Athens, Mexico, Brazil, New York, Texas, Oregon, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Connecticut and across California. His photography has received numerous Best of Show awards and has been published in both books and photography magazines, including the cover of Black & White magazine.
He is a managing director of The Artists Gallery in Los Angeles and on the Board of the California Art League and San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center.