Works
  • Jim Westphalen, Archival pigment print, Gilman Contemporary Gallery, Photography
    Waltham Winter
  • Jim Westphalen, Archival pigment print, Gilman Contemporary Gallery, Photography
    Fairfield Barn 1
  • Jim Westphalen, Archival pigment print, Gilman Contemporary Gallery, Photography
    Sheldon Barn 4
  • Jim Westphalen, Archival pigment print, Gilman Contemporary Gallery, Photography
    Springtime in Vermont
  • Jim Westphalen, Archival pigment print, Gilman Contemporary Gallery, Photography
    Scandinavian Church
  • Jim Westphalen, Archival pigment print, Gilman Contemporary Gallery, Photography
    Winter Barnscape
  • Jim Westphalen, Archival pigment print, Gilman Contemporary Gallery, Photography
    Winter on Pond Road
  • Jim Westphalen photograph of white barn in green field soft blue sky whispy clouds purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Nieland Barn, Built c. 1930's
  • Jim Westphalen, Burnham Schoolhouse
    Burnham Schoolhouse
  • Jim Westphalen wheat field and sky available at Gilman Contemporary
    Wheat Study 1
  • Jim Westphalen, Church of the Brethren, built c. 1915
    Church of the Brethren, built c. 1915
  • Jim Westphalen horizontal photograph brown boxcar available at Gilman Contemporary
    Boxcar 8319, c. 1954
  • Jim Westphalen horizontal piece stormy sky, trestle bridge, green field purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Trestle Bridge #6, Built early 1900's
  • Jim Westphalen old church on illuminated field grey sky view at gilman contemporary
    The Cottonwood Church 2, Built c. 1912
  • Jim Westphalen phototograph old wooden church atmospheric setting view at Gilman Contemporary
    Cottonwood Church, Built c. 1912
  • Jim Westphalen rustic structure in landscape purchse at Gilman Contemporary
    Occident Elevator, Built c. 1900
  • Jim Westphalen photograph of gray barn available at Gilman Contemporary
    Tillotson Barn 3, built circa 1936
  • Jim Westphalen photograph old schoolhouse white with trees and snow view at Gilman Contemporary
    1868 Schoolhouse
  • Jim Westphalen photograph of red barn in winter snow purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Red Barn 3, Built circa early 1800’s
  • Jim Westphalen Old General Store white facade view at Gilman Contemporary
    Penobscot General Store, Built circa early 1900’s
  • Jim Westphalen rustic school house stormy sky purchase at gilman contemporary
    Collins Schoolhouse I, Built c. 1913
  • Jim Westphalen photograph gray grain elevator purchase at Gilman Contemporary
    Grain Elevator 1, Built c. 1910
  • Jim Westphalen photograph old gas station garage view at Gilman Contemporary
    Square Deal Garage, Built c. 1937
  • Jim Westphalen photograph rustic church in field with dark sky gilman contemporary
    Church of the Brethren 2, Built c. 1915
Overview
jim westphalen on location photographing barns

Photographer Jim Westphalen has always had an affinity for the built landscape; those features and patterns reflecting human occupation within the natural surroundings. His current body of work entitled, Vanish is an ongoing narrative that speaks to the decay of iconic structures across rural America. Inspired by such painters as Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper and A. Hale Johnson, Jim’s photographs open like windows to a world that is rapidly disappearing before our eyes. He captures his dynamic images using a vintage 4x5 view camera adapted for digital capture and then creates his large-scale archival prints using a variety of acid free rag papers.

 

Westphalen has been a professional photographer for over 30 years. Born and raised on Long Island, New York, in 1996 he moved to Vermont to be closer to the rural landscape that he loves.

 

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