Title: Ice Form 172-09
Negative: 2009; Print 2009
Image approx 9"x12" on 11"x14" paper
Medium: Silver gelatin print
Edition of 50
Price: $220.

Ryuijie was born in Otaru, Japan in 1950. He and his family moved to the United States when he was a still a small child. He has lived in many places throughout the US and Japan -- from Hawaii to New Hampshire and back to Japan.

Ryuijie has been a serious art student throughout his life. His artistic endeavors became a focused during his tour in the military. It began on the island of Guam where he learned underwater photography. After his service he returned to California and the Monterey Peninsula. His college education followed and he began a successful career in lithography. In Monterey he saw an exhibition of the work of Jerry Uelsmann's photography. The exhibition motivated Ryuijie to change his artistic career to fine art black and white photography. Ryuijie has steadfastly pursued his own photographic vision for the past twenty-eight years. He has a reputation for his exquisite platinum-palladium prints as well as his traditional black and white work.

Ryuijie's photographs can be seen here.