"if you want to make significant photographs, to a certain degree one of the keys is to have a relationship with the subject material that is in itself deep…" - Chip Hooper
"I just keep looking. Eventually I see something and my camera is always in my car. So, if I’m driving somewhere and I see something I’ll stop — unless it’s going to make me outrageously late — and I’ll make a picture." - Chip Hooper
Hooper settled in Carmel Valley, California, in 1988 and became a regular visitor to the coast, lured by the majesty and tranquility of the Pacific Ocean – and by the unique quality of light found there. Through his work with a large-format 8 x 10 inch view camera, he has embraced the patient and meticulous approach that it demands and has achieved a high degree of technical mastery that is exhibited in his highly detailed prints. His subject matter connects him to a line of artists who have been profoundly inspired by the Pacific Ocean, including Ansel Adams and Minor White. Nonetheless, Chip Hooper has developed a unique contemporary vision of his own, refining the expressive power of landscape photography through his meditative studies of sea, sky and light.
Selected Collections
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Microsoft Collection, Seattle, WA
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Tokyo Photographic Cultural Center, Tokyo, Japan
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New Zealand's South Pacific and Tasman Sea
Chip Hooper Chip Hooper, 2007Paperback , 26 pagesRead more
Publisher: Robert Klein Gallery
Dimensions: 9.4 x 11.5 inches -
California’s Pacific
Chip Hooper Chip Hooper, 2004Paperback, 24 pagesRead more
Publisher: Robert Klein Gallery
Dimensions: 9.5 x 11.5 inches