"Mysteries lie all around us, even in the most familiar things, waiting only to be perceived."
~ Wynn Bullock
1902-1975
Wynn Bullock (American, 1902–1975) was a pioneering photographer whose work bridged science, nature, and abstraction. Born in Chicago, he first pursued a career as a vocalist in New York before discovering photography in Europe after encounters with artists such as Cézanne, Man Ray, and László Moholy-Nagy. Trained at the Los Angeles Art Center School, Bullock quickly gained recognition—earning a solo show at LACMA in 1941—and became known for his innovative darkroom experiments with solarization and his Weston-inspired studies of natural forms. His photographs Let There Be Light and Child in Forest achieved international acclaim when featured in MoMA’s The Family of Man exhibition in 1955. In the 1960s, Bullock explored vivid color abstractions and later contributed to the photographic community as a trustee and instructor with the Friends of Photography and Ansel Adams’s Yosemite workshops.
