The Falls Vol.1 - Scott Rinckenberger Gallery - Fall Show Opening

‘The Falls, Volume 1’ - Oct 4
Scott Rinckenberger Gallery, North Bend, WA
 
This show opening will feature a curated collection of Scott’s truly unique perspective and powerful compositions of Snoqualmie Falls unlike anything seen before.
 
North Bend, WA (Friday, October 4th, 2024)
Scott Rinckenberger, acclaimed photographer and adventurer, will unveil a new fall show at his gallery.
 
Designed to be a cultural center in the idyllic mountain town of North Bend, the gallery space is a year old and features a rotating selection of Scott’s work capturing images that celebrate the subtle and sublime elements that inspire his life in the mountains and in the greater Snoqualmie Valley.
 
A decade ago, Scott and his family moved to a beautifully forested property just below Snoqualmie Falls. Over the subsequent years, he has visited and photographed the falls in every season and every state of conditions, from deep freeze to thundering flood, from pools in the riverbed to helicopters overhead. The 6th gallery show, The Falls Vol. 1, is a collection of large-format photographs that will leave the viewer awestruck by the alchemy of water, stone, light and gravity.
 
“I pass the falls most every day, and relish any excuse to stop and see the show. A bit of golden light in a late summer sunset, a morning fog swirling in the falls basin. One night, I realized that the path of a rising full moon would be directly above the falls. I donned a wetsuit, put my camera in a dry bag, and swam up the river to see the very creation story play out in real time as the moon and the falls combined to render the world anew.”

My sincere wish with sharing this photography is that these unique perspectives on the falls, born of a love of the place that is home to me and my family, and that is foundational to the original peoples, will help the viewer to see beyond the postcard to find the sacred. To realize that if we are to share in the beauty and the awe, we must also share in the care, the protection and the stewardship.

To create a future for generations to come, we must look for guidance to the people who have cared for this land for countless generations past. The amazing work of the Snoqualmie Tribe Ancestral Lands Movement calls upon us to practice reciprocity with the land, the plants, the animals and each other. To treat the lands with the respect they deserve and to be active collaborators in the care and restoration of this sacred place. I ask visitors to consider their visits to the falls as they would a visit to any renowned place of worship; to treat the Falls with the same respect that they would afford to a cathedral, mosque, temple, or shrine. Just because there is no roof, doesn’t make it any less holy. For many of us, it only makes it more so.