Photography, Photoshop

Lawrence Hudetz has been actively involved in photography since 1959. He became professional in 1974, leaving a successful career in electronics. His work concentrates on architecture and nature. Currently, he is producing both straight photography and photo derivatives using digital techniques.

Lawrence Hudetz has produced work for major architects in the Pacific Northwest, notably for Pietro Belluschi. In 1979, he received a commission to photograph the many churches Belluschi designed up and down the Willamette Valley. Prior to that, he was commissioned to do a series of photographs of Timberline Lodge, immediately after its restoration in 1977. Until Belluschi passed away, Mr. Hudetz continued to photograph projects for him.

Mr. Hudetz has a lifelong interest in science; when the Science of Chaos emerged, he incorporated concepts from that discipline into his work. This resulted in work being published by Simon&Schuster and others in books concerned with Chaos. He has lectured on the subject, including at the University of Portland, seminars at Sundance, and workshops in Portland and at Esalen, incorporating non-linear seeing into the studies.

Hudetz has a proprietary process in color manipulation, trademarked Hudechrome.

His work can be found in collections at the Chicago Art Institute, International Center of Photography in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Oregon State Library, the Rare Books room at the Multnomah Public Library and many corporate and private collections. ICP in New York produced a book “Masters of Photography” in 1988, concurrent with a major exhibition which includes his work.

Hudetz' work has been exhibited in galleries and museums, nationally and internationally. In 1976, his work was part of the Portland Art Museum's Biennial Exhibition and received a Purchase Award, the first photographer in the history of that exhibition to do so.