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By Dafna Laurie
Rappahannock News
Contributing Writer
Ted Pellegatta, arguably the preeminent photographer of Rappahannock County’s natural beauty, is presenting his work at Glassworks Gallery from June 14 through the end of July. This show debuts two dozen pieces that have never been seen before.
Rappahannock’s landscape, the theme of this show, has been Pellegatta’s prime inspiration for the last eight years. After visiting Rappahannock County for nearly 20 years, he became a full time resident in 1990 and began his professional career as a photographer. The beauty of the county Drought him back time and time again, and finally was why he stayed.
Pellegatta grew up in Bethlehem, Pa. Since then his residences have included New York, Los Angeles, London, Washington, D.C. and St. Croix. “After living in so many large cities, it was time to come to the county,” said Pellegatta.
He was first inspired by his exploration of Baltimore in the mid-’80s where he was struck by the uniqueness of the neighborhood which he was visiting. “It seemed to be, visually, stuck in the 1950s,” said Pellegatta. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, so I bought two roles of black and white film and shot the area, to see if what I was seeing and feeling was really there and if I could capture it on film.” Two weeks later, when the film was developed, he was stunned, staring at scenes from the era of his childhood, taken only weeks before in the neighborhood to which he had felt so strangely connected.
For Pellegetta, the goal of photography is to “share that one movement with people, to capture it, that one private moment.” Since his discovery, that what he saw and felt in that Baltimore neighborhood
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