Greggory Wood

Greggory Wood grew up in Cedar City, Utah — east of Main Street, affectionately known as ‘Dog Town’ among the hard-working farmers, miners and working-class descendants of Mormon pioneers and the native Suh’dutsing (Cedar) Paiute band.

His first exposure to photographic equipment was when he came across his grandfather’s tripod in an abandoned camper trailer, although, in his imagination he used it to film epic movies starring Daniel Boone, James Arness, or Jonny Quest.

Greggory went on to discover photography, developing skills through experimentation. He wasn’t interested in taking any photography classes, he couldn’t think of anything more boring than to sit and listen to a lecture on apertures or shutter speeds. His self-taught approach continues to induce nervous excitement behind the camera and effective results.

The majority of Greggory’s work employs the use of analogue film with digital post-development processes. Analogue photography is extremely tactile and organic; there is a level of intimacy and pleasure when approaching a subject with film. Combining analogue output with digital processing reduces processing time yet opens up the possibilities of what can be accomplished in the standard dark room.

His work of the last decade has demanded forethought, preparation and a great deal of patience. His photographic methods of composition border on the obsessive. He imagines objects interacting and contrasting with each other which often takes days or weeks to work through. There is no greater joy for him than to conceive a theme or idea, work on a specific composition and make it come into reality as a print, still and visible for all.

His photography is influenced by Ansel Adams, Peter Lindbergh, Annie Leibovitz, Andy Warhol and Edward Weston, as well as the talented photographers and artists in his family: his grandfather Paul Cason, and niece Kristina Wood.