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Peter Ruprecht is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker and Vice President of Interactive and New Media for the
global lifestyle and fashion company Marc Ecko Enterprises. In 2004, Peter co-founded Forza Films, a South American
documentary production company that has produced work for leading networks.
Peter has also had a long-standing career consulting companies of stature, including Merrill Lynch, Price Waterhouse
Coopers and Opera Solutions. Born in Argentina, Peter was raised in Vermont and attended Dartmouth College. He was
ranked as a top skier in the United States and has traveled the world extensively.
Peter Ruprecht has photographs that are unique. "On peregrinations across continents light and lens have been his teachers.
He has learned the language of imagery. And his images often speak to us in quiet, meditative tones. rough the technology
of digital image refracted through flawlessly ground lenses Peter reveals a visual poetry in everyday life, in ritual that
celebrates life, in moments of solitude and contemplation. He captures the drama of light on stone architecture and reveals
the ethereal quality of water sculpted by light.
It is the irony and one of the profound tragedies of our lives that few of us cross the river. We seldom encounter ourselves
in the other. We are variously fascinated, repelled, bored, fearful, but ultimately too often dismissive of those who do not
embrace our way of life. We rarely comprehend the complexity and integrity of simplicity, of living harmoniously with the
world around us, with acknowledging our common biological heritage and nurturing cultural diversity.
Peter’s photographs express the monadic quality of humankind’s relationship with the Earth – integral, indivisible, at times
impenetrable, but always primary. The nomadic photographer records the monadic moment, quiet reflections that stand in
stark contrast with driving greed and engines of globalization that systematically destroy Earth and marginalize those most
connected to it. us, by way of light and his lens, Peter raises fundamental questions about where we are going, where we
have been, and who we really are." -John Ripton
global lifestyle and fashion company Marc Ecko Enterprises. In 2004, Peter co-founded Forza Films, a South American
documentary production company that has produced work for leading networks.
Peter has also had a long-standing career consulting companies of stature, including Merrill Lynch, Price Waterhouse
Coopers and Opera Solutions. Born in Argentina, Peter was raised in Vermont and attended Dartmouth College. He was
ranked as a top skier in the United States and has traveled the world extensively.
Peter Ruprecht has photographs that are unique. "On peregrinations across continents light and lens have been his teachers.
He has learned the language of imagery. And his images often speak to us in quiet, meditative tones. rough the technology
of digital image refracted through flawlessly ground lenses Peter reveals a visual poetry in everyday life, in ritual that
celebrates life, in moments of solitude and contemplation. He captures the drama of light on stone architecture and reveals
the ethereal quality of water sculpted by light.
It is the irony and one of the profound tragedies of our lives that few of us cross the river. We seldom encounter ourselves
in the other. We are variously fascinated, repelled, bored, fearful, but ultimately too often dismissive of those who do not
embrace our way of life. We rarely comprehend the complexity and integrity of simplicity, of living harmoniously with the
world around us, with acknowledging our common biological heritage and nurturing cultural diversity.
Peter’s photographs express the monadic quality of humankind’s relationship with the Earth – integral, indivisible, at times
impenetrable, but always primary. The nomadic photographer records the monadic moment, quiet reflections that stand in
stark contrast with driving greed and engines of globalization that systematically destroy Earth and marginalize those most
connected to it. us, by way of light and his lens, Peter raises fundamental questions about where we are going, where we
have been, and who we really are." -John Ripton