I'm a graduate of The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. I've been a commercial photographer for forty plus years, working with local and national ad agencies and corporations. My involvement in photography started when I was 12, when my parents took me to The Family of Man exhibition, and I realized the power a single image can have. I began exploring the medium and fell in love with light. From that point on I began my immersion into discovery. Many years later I knew I wanted to make a living in photography. Commercial photography was the best way for me to be creative and have a steady income. All along I've consistently shot personal work. Now I’m on a new journey of reviving the reason why I picked up a camera in the first place: to connect to the world in my own autobiographical way.

EDUCATION:

1975 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. BFA, Photography

EXPERIENCE:

1975- Present 

Rick Gayle Studio, Inc. Commercial and Advertising Photography Studio, specializing in still life, food and product photography. Phoenix AZ.

2011-2022

Adjunct Instructor, Photography. Phoenix Community College, Phoenix, AZ

2009-2018

Adjunct Instructor, Photography. Art Institute of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

2019- Present

Board Member Arizona Photography Alliance

GROUP SHOWS AND PUBLICATIONS:

2024: Center For Fine Art Photography: “Wonder” Group Show Juror: Douglas McCulloh

Herberger Theater Gallery: “All About Food” Group Show

Found Re Gallery: “Iconic” Group Show

2023: Found Re Gallery: “The Surreal World” Group Show

Az Photography Alliance “Open Theme” Group Show

Phoenix Airport Museum: “Night Vision” Group Show

Herberger Theater Gallery: “Quotes” Group Show

2022: Southeast Center for Photography: “Black And White And Monochrome” Juror: Douglas Beasley

Panopticon Gallery: “A Second Glance: First Look 2022” Group Show

Found-RE Gallery: “Focal Points: Minimalism V.S Maximalism” Group Show

2021: Praxis Gallery: “In Between Moments” Curator: Sarah Weiss

Arizona Photography Alliance: “Group Show” entry Icons and Objects: Ruminating Childhood

Artlink Phoenix: “Portland on the Park” Exhibit

Analog Forever Magazine: “Fleeting Moments: Temporality And The Still Life” Group Show

2020:  One Twelve Publishing: “Internal Dialog” Curators: Fran Forman & Michael Kirchhoff.

Shoots Magazine: Summer Edition  “In the Wild” Back Cover

Lenscratch: “Self-Isolation” Group Show

Lenscratch: “Tell Me A Story” Group Show

Praxis Gallery: “Still Life” Group Show Juror: Ann Jastrab

Analog Forever Magazine: “Heart of The Issue” group portfolio spread. Michael Kirchoff editor

2019:  A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX. “Portal” Juror: Ann Jastrab

Shoots Magazine: Summer Edition “Water” Page 32

PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. “Personal Narrative” Juror: Ralph Hassenpflug.

Life Framer: “Still Life” Juror: Emma Lewis/Tate Modern

2018:  PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. “Capturing Light” Juror: Laura Moya.

2017:  Infocus: “Open Theme” sponsored by The Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ.

2017-2020: Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ. Various group shows.