Tuck Fauntleroy's artistic practice focuses on the vast, mild areas of the American West. His work masterfully captures sharp visual lines accentuated by the snow-covered earth. In each of his works, Fauntleroy visually displaces the viewer, pushing the boundaries of realism and abstraction through compositions of positive and negative space.
For the creation of his Waterline (released in 2018), Snake River series (released in 2019), and Elements series (released in 2020), Fauntleroy spent a decade taking flight over Wyoming to capture bodies of water at a critical moment of change. Fauntleroy captures the colossal beauty realized as autumn is engulfed by winter, and winter gives way to spring at a single capricious moment. With Winter Stock (released in 2020), Fauntleroy took a different approach, capturing cattle from the ground at local ranches during the desolate western winters. Burn (released in 2022) is a mixture of aerial and ground shots of the regions of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks that have been drastically altered by wildfires over the past four decades. The stark contrast of charred, disfigured trees against soft, untouched snow and serene waters makes for photos that are as peaceful as they are compelling. The silence of these remote, charred spaces is palpable in these works.
Fauntleroy's overarching artistic vision conveys his deep intentionality of photographing landscapes devoid of human interruption. Noting the transitional progressions in these remote locations, Fauntleroy expresses a profoundly human desire to capture and chase the ephemerality of seasons and time. His keen sense of composition and scrupulous play between negative and positive space lends to challenge our perception of these well-known environs in an original presentation that hovers between the recognizable and the sublime. Each image engulfs the viewer into a mysterious environment- one that seems familiar yet out of reach. Standing in front of these large photographs one becomes lost in a visual journey rendered almost painterly in one frame and conjuring minimalist constructivism in the next.
Tuck Fauntleroy grew up in a small waterfront town on the eastern shore of Maryland. He graduated with a B.A. from Bucknell University in 2000 and moved west to Jackson Hole. Combined with his personal photographic practice, Fauntleroy developed a professional foundation as a photographer in the fields of architecture and interior design over the past 20 years. Published in recognized outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Dwell, Conde Nast Traveler, and Town & Country, Fauntleroy's fine arts photography is committed to utilizing the aesthetics of the natural world. Tuck Fauntleroy lives and works in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.