Welcome to Robert P. Ruschak Fine Art Photography. The work here is collected from my over 30 years of still photography.
My primary love is photography as a fine art. I had already entered, and won, photography competitions before studying and receiving a BA in Photography as a Fine Art, cum laude, from Point Park University in 1984. I have always tried to approach my commercial photography with the same consideration, and attention to detail that I do with my art photography. My work has been included in numerous regional exhibits and some national and international ones, and I have had my work published in books, magazines, and wall calendars both nationally and internationally.
All work in the galleries is available for sale and use. I will make original silver gelatin prints of all black and white photographs. I am also producing fine art giclee prints of both black and white images and color.I am comfortable working with galleries, art consultants, interior designers, art directors, graphic designers and individuals. No request is too small, and I enjoy the challenge of the big ones.
My work is included in the following books:
Frank Lloyd Wright, Complete Works 1943-1959 ( Taschen Publishers, Cologne)
Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's Romance with Nature ( Universe)
Frank Lloyd Wright's House on Kentuck Knob (University of Pittsburgh Press)
The Carnegie ( Thames Hudson)
Designing for Alzheimer's Disease (Wiley)
The Power of Pittsburgh (Towery)
Usonian Houses (Chrysalis)
Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright (Phaidon)
Wright Sites (Princeton Architectural Press)
Frank Lloyd Wright (Princeton University Press)
Andy Warhol, A Factory (Kunsthalle)
The Warhol Look (Bulfinch)
Ferus (Rizzoli)
Transformations in Health Architecture 1965-2000 (Yale University Press)
America's Hidden Corners (National Geographic Books)
American Treasures (St Remy)
The Hasselblad System (Hove)
Beyond the Surface ( Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation)
Life's Riches (Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation)
Select Exhibits:
2010- Industrial Pittsburgh, The Fein Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2009- The Gritty 250, UP Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2007- Fallingwater and the Poetry of Nature, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
2006- As I Saw It, 1981 to Present, California University of Pennsylvania
2006- As I Saw it, The Bost Building, Homestead, PA
2005- The Poetry of Nature, Community College of Beaver County, PA
2000- Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1998;90;89;88- Photoimagers Guild, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
1998;97;96;91;90;87;86;85- Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art
1996- Solo Exhibit Community College of Allegheny County South Campus
1994- Western Pennsylvania Naturescapes, solo exhibit, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
1992- Steel and Silver Exhibits, Frick Fine Art Building, and Pittsburgh Film Makers
1992- Group Exhibit, Weis, Perloff and Fine Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1991- Selected Photographers, Westinghouse Corporate Headquarters, Pittsburgh, PA
1991- Group Exhibit, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1990- Marcus Gordon Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1990- Featured Artist (2 months) Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
1989- Solo Exhibit, Blue Sky Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
1987- Group Exhibit, Copely Society, Boston, MA
1986- Finalist, Photographer's Forum Magazine, Best of Photography Annual
1985- Honorable Mention, Photographer's Forum Magazine, Best of Photography Annual
1985- Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA
1984- Solo Exhibit, Pittsburgh Film Makers
1983- Awards for: people, architecture, and abstract photography, National Press Photographer's Association, Pittsburgh Chapter
1982- The Camera Looks at Pittsburgh, Cannon Building, Washington, DC
1981- Jurored Regional Show, North Hills Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA
1980- Three Rivers Art Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
1979- Jurored Photography Show, two 1st place awards, North Hills Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Wall Calendars:
2011 75th Anniversary Fallingwater ( Western Pennsylvania Conservancy)
2001-2009 Fallingwater (Universe)
1998 Fallingwater (Abbeville)
Periodicals:
Architecture
Architecture Digest (German Edition)
New York Times
Symphony Magazine
This Old House
Parade
Scientific America
Washington Post
ART+AUCTION Russian edition
Collections Include:
C.S. McKee
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc
J&L Specialty Products
Eat'n Park
The Park Corporation
United Steelworkers of America
Western Pennsylvania Blue Cross, Blue Shield
Zippo Lighters
Peter McIlroy
Lord Peter Palumbo
Harvey Keitel
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Lynda Waggoner
Movies:
Spiderman 2
Two Evil Eyes