Mesa Color Photography

A former student of the American landscape photographer Ansel Adams, Neil Folberg is known for his color landscapes of the Middle East and black-and-white techniques that champion the wizardry of his master teacher. Born in San Francisco, Folberg became a pupil of Adams at age 17, followed by his education at the University of California at Berkeley and individualized study with landscape photographer William Garnett. By 1976, Folberg had relocated to Jerusalem, where he began producing color landscapes throughout the deserts of Israel, Egypt, and Jordan. Folberg was commissioned by Aperture to document synagogues across the world, followed by a return to black-and-white in a series of night skies among ancient ruins of the Middle East. He used that same lighting to evoke the colors and light of the French Impressionists in his innovative re-creation of their world (“Travels with Van Gogh and the Impressionists”, Abbeville Press). His current project places man on the stage of nature in brilliantly lit scenes. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 Celestial Nights, The Dryansky Gallery, San Francisco 2012 Topography/Time/Israel, Flomenhaft Gallery, New York 2008 Celestial Nights: An Aperture Traveling Exhibition, Yeshiva University Museum, New York 2007 Celestial Nights: An Aperture Traveling Exhibition, Hammond Art Gallery, Fitchburg, MA Celestial Nights: An Aperture Traveling Exhibition, Miller Jewish Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma Celestial Nights: An Aperture Traveling Exhibition, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX 2006 The Impressionists' Salon, Holden Luntz Gallery...