User:RonCowie

Ron Cowie, photographer and platinum printer History Ron Cowie (1970- ) first camera was a Canon AE-1 when he was a freshman at Maumee Valley Country Day School. His subjects were classmates and exasperated teachers. The first images that he made with a camera did not come out well. That camera was stolen at Cushing Academy during the summer session of 1985. He did learn how to write and study better though.

Ron graduated from MVCDS in 1988 and attended the University of Cincinnati.It was there that he worked at The News Record as a staff writer and photographer. Over time he became the photo editor and spent most of his time in the darkroom. He was in charge of assignments, developing and printing images for news stories on deadline. His first job after the News Record was at a small custom lab called Accuphoto on Ludlow ave. He was a custom color and black and white printer. From there he moved on to Robin Imaging as a custom color printer on the night shift.

In 1997 he moved to Boston and attended the full time photo program at The New England School of Photography. He majored in Advertising and Editorial photography. He also met his first wife Lisa Garner.

Ron worked as a freelance photo assistant for Lou Jones, David Zadig, Phil Porcella, and John Goodman.

He took a platinum printing workshop with Michael Silver at NESOP. This class changed the way he made images and started a journey towards specializing in platinum printing and alternative processes.

Shortly after that class, Ron met Al Fisher. He gave him the technical expertise and also all his equipment to start his own platinum studio. He was a very generous and gifted photographer and artist.