This exhibit will feature a selection of landscape images by photographer Derek Jecxz. Central to the theme are photographs that expose overlooked or forgotten natural landscape scenes from across North America, untouched and as Derek found them.

Derek creates his art while on photographic journeys where he travels to remote locations, such as Canada’s Northwest Territories, Labrador or other obscure spots throughout the United States.

Derek drives thousands of miles to get to these places, focusing for weeks on end on only one thing: making the photograph. He does all of his own printing, nothing is outsourced.

In stark contrast to the crowded metropolis of his birth, Derek’s photographs reveal the path less traveled, the quiet, intimate and forsaken landscape that exists without witness. Far more than merely snapshots of scenic views, his photographs offer a personal perspective of the world.

Prints range in size from 9x11 to 37x48.

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Reflections on Bosnia and Croatia

Photographer and Dakota Ridge Gallery owner Dan Hugos recently traveled to Bosnia and Croatia, two countries many Americans don't associate with vacation destinations. However, he came away with a much different view than he expected, nuanced especially by the people, and the events that shaped their recent past.

Rather than try to focus strictly on the effects of war, Hugos found that there was far more to his impressions of these countries. Bosnia for example, seems like one of the greatest multi-cultural experiments anywhere, and Croatia, while visibly closer to the West, struggles with its own demons.

These images try to impart something of the experience.