With the click of the shutter, I have always tried to envision the world around me. Peering through my lens and seeing the environment as if through the eyes of a child, in wonderment and amazement, I can view all the events that make up this wonderful place where we live. When the image I have in my mind appears in the viewfinder, I become part of the scene. And each time I look at the images I have created, I revisit those feelings of wonder. No matter if it is the coldest morning sunrise, a lonely buffalo, an introspective reflection or a work of art from nature – this is the way I can share with you some of the special things I've seen.
There is no beauty so great….as beauty shared!
Whoever coined that phrase may have been talking about photography.
Darrell Tangen has had a passion for photography since he was in elementary school. Not only a passion to take photographs, and not only to share them with others, but to share the knowledge and skills it takes to become a photographer. While in high school, he began to seriously pursue the photography career as yearbook and school newspaper photographer. After finishing two years of technical education at Staples Technical Institute in photography, he realized that a lot of his passion came from helping others to imagine, capture and print photographs. And his teaching career began.
After having the opportunity to provide corporate training in Minneapolis, in Europe, Australia and across North America, Darrell began teaching in the photography program at Dakota County Technical College. He has been a mixture of photofinishing and photography, traditional and digital, for over 18 years now and has recently taken his photography to a new level.
Trained and passionate as a technician and scientist, he struggled with the abstractness and illogic that can create art. Photography can be a philosophical mix of the two, sometimes opposing, worlds. Finding a balance between the two has brought new passion and ideas to the forefront and everything seems new again.
Darrell has a master's degree in education from St. Mary's University. He has bachelor's degree in industrial education from the University of Minnesota. He also has an A.A.S. degree in technical communications from Anoka-Ramsey Community College and a technical diploma in photographic technology from Staples, formerly Staples Area Vocational-Technical Institute