Randy Ehrlich was born in Brooklyn, New York way before it was trendy. At the age of eight, he started making Black and White photographs at Brookwood Camps in upstate New York. Soon after entering Long Island University, he discovered that he had a unique perspective of the world, a natural eye for composition, and met his Photography Mentor, Arthur Leipzig. Arthur, who was a member of the famous/infamous Photo League and an amazingly talented photographer in his own right, guided Randy and convinced him that he actually had a gift for naturally capturing images and visually communicating in a unique and artful way. The love of the "magical" darkroom blossomed during his years at college, and Randy became proficiant at, and worked as a lab assistant. He spent many waking (and some non-waking) hours there.
Randy's first ten years as a photographic artist was spent making beautiful Black and White enlargements of work that he refers to as "ironic juxtipositions in a photo-documentary style". Yes, Randy went to Woodstock (and worried his mother to no end...he must have forgotten his cell phone to check in), and although he didn't document the festival, shortly after he started a series on rock festivals that would go on for years. Three images from Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic and Austin's Eeyore's Birthday Party are included in the Austin History Center's Permanent Collection. Other black and white ongoing series include "Motion" which is a portrayal of formal figures in motion interpreted through still 35mm enlargements, and a series of formal nudes that explore the subtle highlight tones of black and white prints, and have been refered to as pencil-drawing like images on a silver geletin medium.
For twenty years he co-owned Custom Photographic Labs in Austin, Texas, where he became a Master black and white printer,
Randy's first ten years as a photographic artist was spent making beautiful Black and White enlargements of work that he refers to as "ironic juxtipositions in a photo-documentary style". Yes, Randy went to Woodstock (and worried his mother to no end...he must have forgotten his cell phone to check in), and although he didn't document the festival, shortly after he started a series on rock festivals that would go on for years. Three images from Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic and Austin's Eeyore's Birthday Party are included in the Austin History Center's Permanent Collection. Other black and white ongoing series include "Motion" which is a portrayal of formal figures in motion interpreted through still 35mm enlargements, and a series of formal nudes that explore the subtle highlight tones of black and white prints, and have been refered to as pencil-drawing like images on a silver geletin medium.
For twenty years he co-owned Custom Photographic Labs in Austin, Texas, where he became a Master black and white printer,
