Wendel Wirth

Wendel Wirth is a contemporary fine art photographer interested in the space between minimalist art and photography. Whether it’s her photographs of large swaths of land, small town scenes, fading structures or even vinyl albums, one may find themselves more deeply engaged with color, form and texture. Inspired by the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe, her work finds its home somewhere between abstraction and realism ultimately pushing the viewers attention beyond the subject and celebrating the most essential and elemental aspects of the photograph. Wirth is an Idaho Commission on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow. All About Photo named Wirth one of the Best Modern Photographers of December 2020 for her project ‘This is the Place’. She has received recognition from the Boise Art Museum, Felix Schoeller Photo Awards and the London International Creative Competition among others. Wirth received her Masters of Fine Art from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, graduating Magna Cum Laude and her Bachelor of Fine Art from Denison University. Choosing to shoot in atmospheric conditions, Wirth creates monochromatic images that distort the viewer’s perspective of the landscape. Her compositions prompt the viewer to contemplate our place in the world. Wirth’s purpose is for the viewer to look inward at how the image moves them. She states, "My intent is that the complexities and pensive nature of the photographs are universal, and yet, intimately personal."