Phil Bard has been involved professionally in photography for over 20 years, having spent the first 10 running a commercial studio. His work then covered a broad spectrum ranging from corporate advertising and annual reports to magazine work. Clients included Nokia Mobile Phones, U.S. Bank, the Braille Institute, Mattel Toys and Disney and numerous design firms and ad agencies. Editorial assignments were performed for Life, Time, Outside and Playboy magazines and news agencies such as Gamma Liason. Phil’s fine art work involves large format landscapes, and has supplanted commercial assignments as his primary photographic output. This work is carried in galleries nationwide and can be found in numerous private and corporate collections. Phil is a former member of the faculty of Art Center College of Design, where he received his education in photography and design. He is currently on faculty at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, where he teaches Advanced Digital Imaging. He also operates a digital imaging business, Cirrus Digital Imaging, which supplies scanning and digital printing to other photographers. His awards include the Leica Medal of Excellence, 2 Addies and numerous magazine honors.

Phil’s landscape images are taken with 4x5 and 8x10 cameras. Prints are currently available in limited editions as carbon pigment prints created by modern digital methods. All are carefully controlled interpretations of the negative, often requiring days of work making trial images before a master print and subsequent edition is produced.

Phil is a guest instructor for Expressive Photography and the Digital Print