The Magic of Digital Fine Art Photography
"Mr. Ritchey's eye for both color and design is excellent. ... [He] zeroes in, ... abstracting otherwise mundane objects into strong compositions that emphasize color contrasts and patterns."-- New York Times"Mr. Ritchey] is a truly impressive colorist . . . [with an] impeccable sense of composition and design." -- Art Speak"[Mr. Ritchey's] strongly graphic compositions are . . . 'definite yet yielding, detailed yet ethereal, subjective, emotional, and profound.'" -- SunstormIn his color-rich photographs, [Mr. Ritchey] crops his subjects tightly, causing the subjects themselves to disappear. I found myself referring to the photographs as paintings, perhaps because of the richness of the color. --Art MattersWe are hard put to extrapolate from the marvelous patterns to the larger [subject] --but the pattern arrests the eye. Taken out of context, [the images] are given new meanings, transformed from their original functions. --NewsdayIn his color-rich photographs, [Mr. Ritchey] crops his subjects tightly, causing the subjects themselves to disappear. … I found myself referring to the photographs as paintings, perhaps because of the richness of the color --Art Matters