Scott Sewell is an award-winning landscape photographer who specializes in Coastal California, the High Sierra and travel photography. He likes rocks, waves, clouds, contrast, texture and black and white images but has been known to shoot people, buildings and in color. A fourth-generation Californian and a lover of the Western outdoors, Mr. Sewell has been roaming Highway 1 in Mendocino County and Highway 395 in the Eastern Sierra in search of images for most of the last decade. He has also spent many miles on the trails there, on foot and on horseback, because deep and intimate familiarity with the land he shoots is fundamental to his method. He does travel elsewhere but always returns to these two places as the anchor for his work.
A former IT professional, he is an adept user of the digital darkroom and prints, mats and frames all of his images himself. His frames are “old school” black Nielsen-Bainbridge Radials – slightly rounded – for a classic look. The glazing is UV-resistant acrylic for lightness and durability. The matting is conservation quality assembled with acid-free tapes. The fine art paper is Moab Juniper Baryta 305 semi-gloss and is printed with Canon Lucia pigment inks on twelve cartridge Canon 1000 Fine Art printer. This combination, with light and regular care, results in beautiful finished work that will last decades without fading or degrading.
His work is on display and for purchase at Point Arena Lighthouse, Coast Highway Artist's Collective in Point Arena, Matson Mercantile in Elk, at Hunewill Ranch and the Bridgeport General Store in Bridgeport and whenever he exhibits at Gualala Arts. His complete portfolio and online store is on the web at MostlyBlackNWhite.com. Mr. Sewell splits his time between the Mendocino Coast, the Sierra Nevada and Marina del Rey in the Los Angeles area and is often accompanied by his wife, June, whenever he can pry her loose from her law career to travel.
scott@scottsewellphotography.com
Phone: 310.993.3203
