Tim Telkamp www.ttphoto.us
Often gravitating to the extremes of the spectrum, Tim has worked in art, craft, and design from the traditional to the highly technical. At one extreme, he has been capturing the world around him on film since childhood. Wherever life has taken him, from crossing the Artic Circle to South America and Europe, he has gone with camera in hand. His prize winning photographs have been published in books, calendars, magazines and on CD covers. The showing of his work as the 2005 Artist in Residence for the North Carolina Railroad Museum opened to a great deal of media attention and lead to his appointment as Artist Emeritus for the museum. His photography seeks to tell the story of the objects brought to life by passion and effort. His pallet paints over a wide canvas of humanity, from the gentle care given a tourist railroad and their massive steel locomotives driven by steam, diesel, and sweat; through the rugged images of fishermen, carpenters, and welders extending their reach with the tools of their trade; to the gentle hands of doctors, artists, and musicians with their delicate crafts. While every story seeks to be told on the media which best suits it, Tim’s affinity is for creating silver gelatin prints using the finest archival materials. His works have been selected for Museum collections, as well as shown and sold at shows and galleries. Tim is the author and illustrator of the book “The Place That’s Always With You”, a children’s story set in Central North Carolina which celebrates home and history. At the other extreme, the traditional is complemented by the high tech. Since graduating from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, he has been involved in many design and engineering projects including Space Shuttle Launch control systems and the B2 bomber aircraft. Tim resides in Apex, NC with his wife Kathleen, and two sons, Dylan and Christian.