Visions of Indonesia and other Blue Water Pictures. A photo show by Dennis Anderson

        Dennis Anderson, a San Francisco photographer in love with the sea, now lives here in the forests and high deserts of Klamath Falls. For many years he ran a San Francisco photo studio and lived on his wooden boat in the Loch Lomond Marina, San Rafael, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge.  In 2011 he was invited to do a dream job in Indonesia, shooting the final steps in the creation of a huge new wooden ship, a 170 ft long craft called a Phinisee.  It was being built by hand by Bugis and Konjo tribesmen whose maritime heritage reached back to the days of the spice trade.  They still used traditional methods and tools, although now they wore flip-flops and wielded STIHL chain saws. Supervising the project were marine architects Mark and Jeni Hyde, Anderson’s seagoing friends from San Francisco Bay, who had earlier sailed themselves to Indonesia with their three-year-old daughter.  They had been hired by the owner, Bali businessman Mark Robba.  Anderson was hired to join the group, photograph the latest work on the project, and shoot some local color to go with it.  That ship was called the Dunai Baru, (New World in Indonesian)

     Three years later Anderson was asked to return to photograph the Dunai Baru’s maiden voyage, a month long 1000-mile journey through the Indonesian Sea.  She was sailing from Bali to Papau New Guinea, and along the way could return the builders to their home village in Ara, explore some remote islands, see Komodo dragons firsthand, and dive into the underwater world of the Coral Triangle, home of the last of earth’s healthy reefs. The trip of a lifetime.  Now, on Sept 1, 2024, at the Klamath Art Gallery a photo show called Visions of Indonesia is the result.

        Dennis Anderson is an internationally known photographer who has fine art work in the New York and San Francisco Museums of Modern Art. Major shows have hung at the California Academy of Science and the San Francisco Airport Museums. He has traveled professionally throughout Asia, South America, and the Caribbean, shooting features above and below water on assignments for both commercial and environmental clients. Named one of 10 great hospitality photographers by Hospitality Design Magazine, his book “Hidden Treasures of San Francisco Bay”, was published in 2004.  Anderson was featured on the popular television program Bay Area Backroads. Senator Diane Feinstein gave it a glowing review and endorsed his work for the book’s back cover.

The Klamath Art Gallery invites you to attend the opening reception of “Visions of Indonesia” on Sunday September 1^st from Noon to 4 pm.  You can meet this talented photographer and discuss his works.  This show and sale last through September, Thursday – Sunday from Noon to 4 pm.