Welcome



My work is about exploring the beauty that surrounds us everyday, yet often goes unnoticed.



Sometimes my work requires going out of your way to experience, such as forgotten ruins in the desert or a deteriorating mission chapel. But more often my subjects are small and easily overlooked, such as the intricate beauty in a mature flower petal or the simple elegance of a hand tool.

The human form is also an important theme for me. The Shawl Project, an intensive, multiyear nude figure project, is a special celebration of beauty because it is based on an artistic collaboration with everyday people, not professional models. People like you.


My artistic voice is rooted in classical techniques and the images you see here are created on film and hand printed in my darkroom on gelatin silver papers. Prints are available for purchase. I also teach private and small group workshops and especially enjoy working with beginners who want to become better photographers.

Welcome! ~Jeff

Featured Work

  • Magdalen 400x649x150r
    from The Shawl Project Silver Gelatin 11x14
  • Bodyscape Sunset 400x385x150
    from The Shawl Project Silver Gelatin 11x14
  • Sensual Hair 400x412x150r
    from The Shawl Project Silver Gelatin 11x14
  • Time To Leave 400x514x150r
    from The Shawl Project Silver Gelatin 11x14
  • Voyuer 400x471x150r
    from The Shawl Project Silver Gelatin 11x14
 

  Selections from "The Shawl Project"

About the Artist


With over twenty years experience in classical “wet” photographic techniques, my artistic voice is deeply rooted in the in-camera negative and hand-made silver print. I believe the medium influences the artist and how you must do your work is a key driver in your approach to the creative process. The careful and deliberate methods that are an integral part of classical photography are well suited to my artistic style.


Of my still life series titled “Modern Artifacts,” Artweek wrote:


"(Jeff Klingler ) takes individual utensils such as a fork, a pair of chopsticks, a Chinese soupspoon and a drill bit, and lights and photographs them as though they were the most precious of our cultural artifacts… Carefully modulated light, extreme value contrasts and trained eye transform the ordinary into elegant objects." ( Artweek, December2004/January 2005).

All of my work is hand printed in my darkroom on gelatin silver papers. I believe the craftsmanship demanded by the hand-made print makes the difference between simply having an image and having a unique piece of artwork.