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Robert David Dutruch is an artist and printmaker known for his antiquarian artwork, primarily utilizing 8x10 large format view cameras and 19th century brass lenses to capture his images. His work has been showcased in numerous exhibitions and venues, including the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum and the prestigious Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, along with commercial galleries in New York, Los Angeles, Connecticut, Oregon, South Carolina, Colorado, and Vermont.

His wet plate collodion ambrotypes were recently featured on the cover of View Camera Magazine, and he received the Award of Artistic Merit at the 50th annual Summer Show Exhibition. Dutruch was honored with the Juror’s Choice Award at Art Melt for the second consecutive year, which is the largest juried art exhibition in Louisiana. His work was also included in the Historic New Orleans Collection’s significant exhibition of Seldom Seen Portraits from Private Collections, and he has been recognized as a featured artist for the New Orleans Art Review for his sensitive and thought-provoking study of the inhabitants of Julia Row.

Dutruch’s Lost Hills Atelier, situated in the rural countryside north of New Orleans, is currently dedicated to producing artwork through wet plate collodion, intaglio heliogravures, platinum/palladium, and carbon printing, all while utilizing a vintage Charles Brand etching press.