Douglas Sherman
Staff
It is with a heavy heart that I have to tell you that my good friend Tom Narwid passed away early last Friday morning. Tom was the consummate New England and American Southwest landscape photographer. His name was well known in New England because of his outstanding images which appeared in New England calendars and magazines for many years. He became well known in the Southwest because of his American Landscape Gallery in Jerome, AZ
Tom had a PhD in organic chemistry and worked at Rouche in the pharmaceutical industry solving problems at their facilities all over the world. He eventually moved to Cottonwood, AZ where he and his wife Joan opened a GNC Store. Shortly thereafter he opened the American Landscape Gallery in Jerome, AZ.
When I moved to Cottonwood Arizona twenty years ago, I went to his gallery and was impressed with his work. I wanted to ask him if he would be interested in carrying my work in his gallery but it took me two years to get up the courage to do so. When I finally did, he asked to see my work and agreed to take images of flowers and landscapes that didn't compete with his work. I worked with him for six years until the 2008 recession caused him to close the gallery. We became close friends over those years and did a lot of photography trips together.
His 4x5 photographic work was outstanding as you can see in the images below. I took these images from his pbase website to illustrate the bestselling images in his gallery. It was amazing to me how he could sell so many New England images in a gallery in the Southwest. Normally people are looking to buy images from the area they are visiting.
A small garden in East Corinth, VT.
Early morning fog in East Peacham, VT.
This image of Lake Powell was his best seller for many years.
Winter at the Grand Canyon
I would like to memorialize him by having members here add comments about Tom and/or sharing an image you took while photographing with him. Here is mine of an early winter morning at Mather Point at the Grand Canyon. It was really cold that morning.
Tom had a PhD in organic chemistry and worked at Rouche in the pharmaceutical industry solving problems at their facilities all over the world. He eventually moved to Cottonwood, AZ where he and his wife Joan opened a GNC Store. Shortly thereafter he opened the American Landscape Gallery in Jerome, AZ.
When I moved to Cottonwood Arizona twenty years ago, I went to his gallery and was impressed with his work. I wanted to ask him if he would be interested in carrying my work in his gallery but it took me two years to get up the courage to do so. When I finally did, he asked to see my work and agreed to take images of flowers and landscapes that didn't compete with his work. I worked with him for six years until the 2008 recession caused him to close the gallery. We became close friends over those years and did a lot of photography trips together.
His 4x5 photographic work was outstanding as you can see in the images below. I took these images from his pbase website to illustrate the bestselling images in his gallery. It was amazing to me how he could sell so many New England images in a gallery in the Southwest. Normally people are looking to buy images from the area they are visiting.
A small garden in East Corinth, VT.
Early morning fog in East Peacham, VT.
This image of Lake Powell was his best seller for many years.
Winter at the Grand Canyon
I would like to memorialize him by having members here add comments about Tom and/or sharing an image you took while photographing with him. Here is mine of an early winter morning at Mather Point at the Grand Canyon. It was really cold that morning.
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