Artisan of Imagery™
The photographs created by Andy Katz have taken him around the globe. From the Old Country in Eastern Europe to the California wine country, which he now calls home, his subjects are as diverse as his travels and adventures.wake up early in the morning to get gorgeous."
The images in Katz's books, A Portrait of Napa and Sonoma; Concannon: The First One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years; New Zealand: Sea, Earth, Sky; Private Reserve; Robert Mondavi Winery; The Heart of Burgundy; Tuscany and Its Wines; and Vineyard have been described by vintners, photographers, critics and other readers as breathtaking. His evocative work is featured in museums and galleries worldwide including his own in Boulder, Colorado and Healdsburg, California.
Katz discovered his love for photography at a young age. Admittedly, he had been chasing his classmates around the playground with his camera since as early as the third grade. But when he was 11, his father brought home a book of black and white portraits by the legendary Canadian photographer Yosuf Karsh. "It was as if a flash bulb went off in my soul. I was amazed. Karsh's work was all large-format and his prints were so vivid you felt you could actually touch the person's skin. The tonality, the technique, it was all truly exquisite. I was mesmerized," said Katz. How ironic that years later, Yosuf Karsh would count himself among the many proud collectors of Katz's photos.
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SONOMA, BY ANDY KATZ
Healdsburg resident and famed photographer Andy Katz has just released a new book entitled Sonoma. With introduction by James Laube, senior editor and columnist for the Wine Spectator, the 112 page book features over 120 images of the picturesque, pastoral countryside of Sonoma County.
The portrait of Sonoma Katz provides us in this amazing essay of photographs is of its vineyards. He knows the region better than most, living among the vines.Katz takes us places few outsiders know exist and captures their eloquent beauty, allowing us to pause and contemplate the intricacies of vineyards planted amidst stunning natural surroundings. Sonoma is home to towering redwood trees, pristine rain-drenched forests, stark rolling hills, narrow valleys and crumbling mountains. The meandering Russian River cuts a path through the heart of the region.
His work shows us the life and colors of the seasons, from the barren, icy stillness of winter, to the tender push of the young vines in the spring.
