BIOGRAPHY - Page Three

variety of subject matter, darkroom manipulations, and processing choices results in a range of photographs from the strongly abstract to more traditional images.

In the introduction to the book Garrod and Gilpin Photographs, Ansel Adams referred to Garrod's work as displaying  " . . . a great solidity and constant awareness of beauty." Glen Wessels, emeritus professor of art at the University of California, said, "Garrod deals poetically with any subject matter and enlightens us with his perception and selectivity. He has a gift of making apparently unimportant visual events important by the way he sees them. A very ordinary assemblage of forms is given significance by his insight, and the viewer shares this vision through his excellent prints."