Doremus Scudder spent his childhood and early adulthood in Southern Oregon. Raised in an active family with a great affection for the outdoors, he grew up with a deep appreciation of natural beauty and the environment as well as becoming an avid fly-fisherman, hunter, backpacker, skier and canoeist. He learned the basics of photography from his father when still a child, as well as developing an early love of classical music, and has pursued a dual career as photographer and operatic baritone since college.

Doremus Scudder began photographing seriously in his early twenties, working originally with small and medium format until the conflict of his artistic goals with smaller negatives and lack of perspective controls became too great. At that point he bought his first view camera and set to work mastering the techniques associated with large camera and film. He has worked almost entirely with large format ever since. Although color photography was once a large part of his commercial work, his personal vision has always been manifested through the photographic instrument he deems most expressive:
Black-and-White.

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