With Lincoln. Photo by Al Fuchs.

With Lincoln. Photo by Al Fuchs.

Photography has always been with me. Both my parents were avid hobbyists, documenting every vacation, holiday and family outing. I started taking pictures when I was about ten, with a Kodak Brownie, adding to the family archive. It influenced my decision to pursue an education and career in photojournalism as both photographer and editor and then move to traditional studio and art photography. Leaving the literal confines of photojournalism released me to explore new concepts, whether it’s working with a pinhole camera, digital photography, traditional film photography in 35mm and medium format, and my iPhone. Through it I’ve been able to keep my passion for photography.

I have a strong interest in American history, and found that the two often coincide, especially with my particular niche, the American Civil War. I also collect vintage photography.

Please contact me if I can help you with a project, or if you are interested in purchasing an image.

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Wind chimes, spider web and oak flowers. 2023 camera with 55 year-old lens. Sony a7r V with Nikon 500mm f8 mirror lens.
Wind chimes, spider web and oak flowers. 2023 camera with 55 year-old lens. Sony a7r V with Nikon 500mm f8 mirror lens.
Migration time. Got out to Sheldon Marsh earlier this week. Here’s what I saw: Green Heron Palm Warbler Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yellow Warbler Warbling Vireo Yellow-rumped Warbler, and why he is named such. I’m an amateur so please let me
Migration time. Got out to Sheldon Marsh earlier this week. Here’s what I saw: Green Heron Palm Warbler Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yellow Warbler Warbling Vireo Yellow-rumped Warbler, and why he is named such. I’m an amateur so please let me know if one of these is incorrectly ID’ed.
Out doing some birding yesterday. Only had a long lens so I had to make this with my phone. Apologies to Diane Arbus.
Out doing some birding yesterday. Only had a long lens so I had to make this with my phone. Apologies to Diane Arbus.
Mother Nature will find a way.
Mother Nature will find a way.
Spring. From my recliner.
Spring. From my recliner.
A recent addition to my collection of “found” photos. It’s from a recent estate sale in Parma. I’m thinking it’s a local image, circa 1900-1920. There were also images of a horse-drawn panel wagon with “Bread&rdquo
A recent addition to my collection of “found” photos. It’s from a recent estate sale in Parma. I’m thinking it’s a local image, circa 1900-1920. There were also images of a horse-drawn panel wagon with “Bread” on the side (look at the left of this image). What strikes me in these are the individuality in a group photo. Such as the pose selected, the expression, the body language. What is the man on the right sitting on? Very beer-keg like but maybe some sort of mixer. A wide range of ages. The only personal touch is the man third from left resting his right hand on the man sitting in front of him. Why is the wall broken? What kind of crappy job did the guy fourth from left have, he’s a mess. A great moment in time.
Randomly Occurring Art
Randomly Occurring Art
I was assisting my former business partner, @alfuchsphoto ,with some spring sports team photos the other day. I had finished the individual photos and went to how see how he was doing. And it reminded me that photographing groups of high schoolers wa
I was assisting my former business partner, @alfuchsphoto ,with some spring sports team photos the other day. I had finished the individual photos and went to how see how he was doing. And it reminded me that photographing groups of high schoolers was a lot like herding cats.
Allegany State Park in Western NY. 2012
Allegany State Park in Western NY. 2012
Mom fan at daughter’s softball game. Brilliant. No wind, no rain, a little warm(er), and you don’t have to talk to anyone.
Mom fan at daughter’s softball game. Brilliant. No wind, no rain, a little warm(er), and you don’t have to talk to anyone.
Wind chimes, spider web and oak flowers. 2023 camera with 55 year-old lens. Sony a7r V with Nikon 500mm f8 mirror lens. Migration time. Got out to Sheldon Marsh earlier this week. Here’s what I saw: Green Heron Palm Warbler Ruby-crowned Kinglet Yellow Warbler Warbling Vireo Yellow-rumped Warbler, and why he is named such. I’m an amateur so please let me Out doing some birding yesterday. Only had a long lens so I had to make this with my phone. Apologies to Diane Arbus. Mother Nature will find a way. Spring. From my recliner. A recent addition to my collection of “found” photos. It’s from a recent estate sale in Parma. I’m thinking it’s a local image, circa 1900-1920. There were also images of a horse-drawn panel wagon with “Bread&rdquo Randomly Occurring Art I was assisting my former business partner, @alfuchsphoto ,with some spring sports team photos the other day. I had finished the individual photos and went to how see how he was doing. And it reminded me that photographing groups of high schoolers wa Allegany State Park in Western NY. 2012 Mom fan at daughter’s softball game. Brilliant. No wind, no rain, a little warm(er), and you don’t have to talk to anyone.

Strategic partners
Photographer Al Fuchs
Dale Omori - filmmaker / photographer

Member of
Center for Civil War Photography, Board of Directors
Cleveland Print Room
BAYarts
HeightsArts
Artists Archive of the Western Reserve

Links
BAYarts
Center for Civil War Photography
American Battlefield Trust
Cleveland Print Room

Blog Friends
Kolman Rosenberg
Ray Laskowitz
Molly Kasperek

Special thanks to Jane Bell of Jane Bell Design for creating my logo.

Education
Bachelor of Journalism (Photojournalism Major) University of Missouri, 1974

Work experience
1974 - 1976 - Photographer, Sentinel Newspapers of Central New Jersey
1976 - 1980 - Photographer, Jackson, Miss., Clarion-Ledger
1981 - 1984 - Picture Editor, Flint, Mi,. Journal
1984 - 1987 - Picture Editor, Orange County (Calif.) Register
1987 - 2000 - Graphics Editor / Director of Photography, Birmingham, Ala., Post-Herald
2001 - 2014 - Co-owner of Fuchs & Kasperek photography, studio and commercial work
2014 - present - Self-employed

Shows and Awards
2020 - BAYarts Annual Juried Show - 3rd place
2019 - Cleveland Print Room juries show at University Hospital, Trudy Weisenberger Gallery
2018 - BAYarts Annual Juried Show - “Directors Choice award”
2018 - Artists Archive of the Western Reserve juried show “The New Now”
2017 - Peer Show, Cleveland Print Room, “Best Black and White photo”
2017, 2014 - Artists Archive of the Western Reserve - Western Reserve Open Photography Competition (juried)
2017 - Ohio State Fair juried art show
2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014 - Annual Juried Show, BAYarts, Bay Village, OH
2014 - "Focus, Form and Frame," Audrey and Harvey Feinberg Gallery at Cain Park, Cleveland Heights, OH
2013 - Civil War Trust Annual Photography Contest, "Then and Now" Category, First Place
2013 - "Burning River City," Doubting Thomas Gallery, Tremont. Group show.
2012, 2011 - "Art in the Park," Cain Park juried Arts Festival, Cleveland, Heights, OH
2011 - Boston Mills juried Arts Festival, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH
2011 - True North Cultural Arts Gallery at the French Creek Nature and Art Center. One man show. 
2011 - "Art by the Falls" juried art festival, Chagrin Falls, OH, First Place for Photography
2011 - "Cleveland from an Oatmeal Box," a pinhole photography show sponsored by the Dunham Tavern Museum, Cleveland - Best of Show award
2009 - Award Artist for the 2010 Ohio Arts Council Governor's Awards. Each recipient received a framed 16 x 20 photograph of my pinhole photography work.
2009 - Red Dot Project group show at University Hospitals, Cleveland
2008 - BAYarts juried photography show, Bay Village, OH - Jurors Award
2007 - "Bay Views" solo show featuring pinhole images of Bay Village and other select images at BayArts in Bay Village, OH
2007 - Selected images from the International Pinhole Photography Day - Montclair Public Library, Montclair, N.J.
2006 - Humphrey Gallery at University Hospitals, Cleveland - Show with Al Fuchs titled "What We Saw"
2006 - BAYarts juried photography show, Bay Village, OH - First Place

Collections
First Energy
The Cleveland Clinic
Glidden House
University Hospitals
Marriott Hotels
Equity Trust
Cleveland State University
The Chubb Group
Southwest General Hospital
Oswald Companies
Baker-Hostetler
Rockwell Automation
Constellation Schools
Burton Carol Management
Cohen & Company
Waxman Industries
Cuyahoga County Administration Building
Eastpointe
First Energy
Nordstrom
Numerous private collectors