Charles Lindsay's grandfather taught him to fly-fish when he was nine years old. Ever since, in pursuit of trout and solitude, he has immersed himself in the clear, rushing waters of the American West. Fly rod in hand, he participates in the ancient rituals between predator and prey. At times photographing beneath the surface of the water, Lindsay literally enters the world of the trout. In this close observance of the cosmos within the river, he explores the fundamental relationship of all life to water. The photographs in Upstream illuminate a primitive world of elemental beauty and fractured light--abstract and utterly in motion. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, with wilderness under siege and humanity increasingly removed from nature, Lindsay uses his camera to express the enduring vitality of the natural world. Thomas McGuane, avid fly-fisherman, author, and frequent contributor to Sports Illustrated and Riverwatch, brilliantly explores these themes in his accompanying text.
Charles Lindsay received a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship for his camera-less CARBON work. He is currently the SETI Institute's first Artist in Residence. Lindsay's photographs have appeared in numerous international publications including The New York Times Magazine, Blind Spot, Aperture, Natural History, Gastronomica, Audubon, Parabola, Orion, Big Sky Journal, Men's Journal, Golf, Sports Illustrated, and GEO. His work has been published in dozens of Japan's leading magazines. He has been profiled on National Public Radio, CNN International and NHK Japan in a one hour television documentary.
Lindsay has lectured Idea City 2011 in toronto and at the American Museum of Natural History, The Summit Photo Workshop, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Mountain Film in Telluride, Pratt School of Art and Design in New York and at The Open Center in New York. Recently he spoke with Art International Radio, (ARTonAIR.org) about The Edge of Vision exhibition at Aperture.
He is a member of The Electronic Music Foundation, increasingly making audio recordings in the wild in order to create soundscapes for his videos and live audio visual performances. He is also an avid fly fisherman, a wood worker and has maintained millennia old secrets for grilling meat over hard wood fires.
