Wonderful captures! Good work capturing light and good composition. Very saleable work! --Ira Latour

Hi Randy. Just cruised through your website. Nice work! Loved the SW stuff especially. Move over John Sexton, Randy is here! --Jerry Dodrill

Randy- your work would be very welcome in the gallery! I would consider your yosemite landscapes. --Katie Shehan,Ansel Adams Gallery

Thanks a lot, Randy. Coming from someone who does such wonderful work, that's a great compliment. Many congratulations on your accomplishments to date, both climbing and photography wise. --Mark Wetters

Randy, I'm surprised I have not heard of you before. I came across your work while searching climbing routes around Courtwright, very nice climbing shots. --Steve, Steve Collins Photography

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Randy Wenzel professional photography is located in Fresno, CA, in the heart of California's Central Valley region. An up and coming city, Fresno is central to so many wonderful locations and activities that are at the heart of Randy's art. Yosemite NP, Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP, the coast, Mono Lake, San Francisco, Mt. Shasta, the Sierra Crest, deserts and pertorglyphs, canyons and rivers... All only a few hours away.

Specializing in Fine Art Landscape images and Outdoor Adventure photography. His work has been displayed in the Ansel Adams Gallery, in Yosemite National Park, and is applauded by Ira Latour, Jerry Dodrill, Juri Brilts, Steve Dzerigian, and other accomplished photographers.

Besides adorning the walls of countless private collections, his photographs have been published in the likes of Alpinist Magazine, TV Musica, Outdoor Photographer, local newspapers and newscasts and in various places on the Internet...

Update: Bestowing upon him a GREAT honor, Ira has asked Randy to take charge and spearhead Cowboys and Indians: A Changing Paradigm. This will be Randy's first experience being charged with curator duties. Exciting times!
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Ira H. Latour has selected Randy to participate in a fine art photography display entitled, "Cowboys and Indians: A Changing Paradigm". The display will launch in Prague, Czechoslovakia, with possible plans to tour Europe; including Paris and London. This is a very prestigious honor for Randy as Ira's work and accomplishments are world class.

Long time friend to many "greats" in photography, such as Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Minor White, Dorthea Lange, Paul Strand and Imogen Cunningham to name a few, these contemporaries were Latour's associates, friends and mentors. Ansel Adams was present at Latour's first showing of his photographic work in Berkeley and Ira posed for Ansel to demonstrate his Zone System. Weston was a neighbor for years. Then there is the story Ira likes to tell of his turning down a loan, from Paul Strand, for a car.

Ira Latour's career, including award winning film and photography, spans half a century. B&W Magazine recently referred to Ira as a "soul living in the past and present simultaneously" and a "leviathon of photographic experience". A painter, Latour also pioneered a new genre, "Nose Art", the painting of names, slogans and designs on plane noses, of which we are all familiar.

To further investigate Ira's prestigious career please visit Ira's web site www.iralatour.com

Spring 2007 - Custom, handmade portfolios are now available...

These beautiful handmade portfolios consist of twenty five limited edition 8x12" prints (cut 11x14"), signed by the artist, three hinged mattes for viewing them, white cotton viewing gloves, as well as a musical CD of the acoustic guitar work of Michael Allen to set the mood as you view your prints. Each portfolio comes in a custom, hand-crafted clamshell box. Covered in suede and linen, this beautiful box is the perfect way to store and display your prints or to give the gift of a lifetime.

Images of the portfolio, prices and ordering details to follow soon.

Randy has published Full Circle: Confessions of a Serial Photographer

Full Circle: Confessions of a Serial Photographer is an 80 page coffee table book about Randy's journey as a climber, then a photographer to coming about, full circle, to combine the two to become one of the premier climbing and outdoor adventure photographers. The book is packed with dozens of photos and a narrative, written by Randy about this journey.

Images of the book, prices and ordering details to follow soon.

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