Archway Basalt Breccia by Terry Toedtemeier
- Title: Archway Basalt Breccia
- Artist: Terry Toedtemeier
- Medium: Archival Ink jet
- Size: 13"h x 20"w
- Creation date: 1992
- Added to collection: 2010
- Donor: Gift of Prudence Roberts
- Campus: Rock Creek
- Location: B7/2 S Hall gallery rm 236
For nearly four decades, Terry Toedtemeier (1947-2008) trained his camera on the rocks, trees, deserts and coastline of the Pacific Northwest. His images celebrate the beauty of a landscape he knew intimately, and are deeply informed by his lifelong study of geology. Among his most elegant compositions are aerial images, frequently made at low elevations from a Piper Pacer. In these photographs, he could encompass the entire span of a rim rock, the sinuous course of a river, or the ooze of a vast lava field. He particularly loved photographing basalt in its many forms. Toedtemeier's photographs have been included in one-person and group shows locally, nationally, and internationally. He graduated from Oregon State University.