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Artists
Steve Herrnstadt
Photographing outdoor scenes has long been Steve Herrnstadt's passion. His feeling about his work can be summed up with one short, compelling sentence: "My images are statements about seeing and and experienceing rather than merely looking."
Herrnstadt uses archival inks and paper to produce lasting images originating from manipulated FS70 Polaroid film, peeled back for insertions of photos and etched in elements. His process results in a combination of collage, photography, and printmaking. Scanning at 3200 pixels per inch, he uses Photoshop for color and contrast checks. Then a computer serves instead of a dark room for large size images from an Epson 7500 or 9500 printer.
A professor of art and design with a focus on Integrated Studio Arts at Iowa State University, Herrnstadt lives and teaches in Ames, but travels widely to select his photographic subjects and to shape his world view. Steve's work is in the collections of Sprint in Kansas City, the Des Moines Art Center, the Catskill Center for Photography in New York, among many others. Steve received an M.A. and M.F.A. in Studio Art and Art History from the University of Iowa.
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