Misha de Ridder Wilderness : Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee Photography

Wilderness 11:38 AM PST, 2003
© Misha de Ridder

Widerness Photographs by Mischa de Ridder, review by photography in print ...
Artimo, Amsterdam, 2003.
72 pages, 54 color illustrations, 12”x14½″.

This book was published five years ago, and we are shocked that it is still available. It has a series of 18 wonderful landscapes, and a set of double sided pages that can be removed to form two different wall sized photographs. The pieced together image is not a Gursky, but it would make any dentist from the 70’s envious, and have flashbacks of their waiting room. In the current economical climate you probably will hold off on buying that Gursky, but you can afford to purchase this book before it’s out of print. Right now, Wilderness is a steal at $42…add one to your collection. -PIP

In this book, lushly photographed flora isolated in nature alternates with enlarged details from the wilderness compositions that emphasize the four-color separation methods used in commercial printing. The detail pages encourage appreciation for the graphic qualities of the quiet views of undeveloped nature where tree bark ridges and layered flowering branches become organic patterns. The book’s pages are perforated for easy removal as the included images can be assembled to create two wall sized installations, each 1644 x 2082 mm (64.5 x 82.1 inches). -Artimo

Dune, 2006
© Misha de Ridder

Ever since landscapes and natural vistas have been depicted in paintings, photographs and films, the viewer has been able to have the experience, to feel that he can not only be at the site, but can also find himself in the world of the artist – in the skies of Van Ruysdael, on the beaches with Rineke Dijkstra’s young girls.
– Maria Barnas

Misha de Ridder’s photographs demonstrate an experience of nature and quite simply, though he won’t admit it, the beauty of color photography.

Wilderness, Artimo, 2003
© Misha de Ridder
The book of de Ridder’s Wilderness images is very interesting. In the book, the lushly photographed scenes alternate with enlarged details from the wilderness compositions that emphasize the four-color separation methods used in commercial printing.
But, it gets better. The book’s pages are perforated for easy removal as the included images can be assembled to create two wall sized installations, each 1644 x 2082 mm (64.5 x 82.1 inches):

Wilderness wall-sized installation images
© Misha de Ridder
Check out his website for more images and read this review to gather a bit more about his intent… and werewolves.