Salomon says his love for photography began when he was 10 years old. “My father bought me a camera that, today, would probably be a museum piece,” he says, while patrons perused the walls covered with his colorful, canvas prints.
But it’s not just his photos that have launched his success. Salomon recently published an extensive encyclopedia, Penguin-Pedia, on all 17 species of penguins — a book, he says, that is the only one of its kind.
“I went to Chile and saw the penguins. I fell in love with them. I put one and one together: ‘You like penguins, and there are 17 penguin species,’” Salomon says. “So I decided to write a photographic encyclopedia about the species of them.”
Salomon says he spent about two and a half years traveling the world to find the penguins, and thanks to that project, there are a number of penguin images on exhibit in his current show.
Penguin-Pedia, which Salomon photographed and wrote, explores the many species of penguins.
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“I realized you have to have a niche. And I always liked the outside more than the inside,” Salomon says.
For an outdoor photographer, perfect lighting is crucial. “You can’t bring your own sun,” he says. Instead of snapping a photo of the first lion or panda he sees, Salomon says it’s important to wait until the animal settles itself perfectly into frame.
David Salomon travels the world to pursue his love for nature and animal photography.
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“We’re not exactly sure when we’ll add more artists, we just started [this] as an experiment, and it’s worked out pretty well. It’s been wonderful,” Knight says, of the opening reception.
