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Frank Gohlke
Frank Gohlke: A Chronicle of the American Landscape Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1942, Frank Gohlke’s artistic journey began not with grand ambitions but with a simple camera and an early fascination with capturing the world around him. His initial foray into photography as a teenager, fueled by membership in the Wichita Falls Camera Club, quickly evolved beyond family snapshots, leading to a deep engagement with process – learning
to enlarge prints and mastering the technical aspects of gelatin silver development. This foundational period, marked by a subsequent abandonment of photography before graduating high school, reveals a complex relationship with the medium: an initial disinterest followed by a powerful return driven by a desire to truly *see* and document. Gohlke’s formal education provided a crucial springboard for his artistic development. He initia…