Welcome to the website of photographic artist Harold Rau
Meet the Artist
I am a published visual artist and award winner with extensive experience in capturing diverse subjects, including people, landscapes, trees, flowers, animals, architecture, and astronomical phenomena. Throughout my career, my photographic work has received multiple accolades, featured in various books and periodicals, and has been collected by private individuals.
My passion for photography ignited early on when I received a camera as a gift. Captivated from the start, I quickly became enamored with this incredible creative medium. Over time, what began as a simple hobby evolved into a business where I provided stock images to publishers. I expanded my focus to embrace all facets of photography. To ensure continuous growth in my skills, I have actively sought out classes and participated in seminars and webinars led by talented professional and master photographers from around the globe.
“You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” ― Ansel Adams
Harold's Portfolio
Award Winners
The photographs below have won awards in various contests and competitions. (Click on thumbnail image for larger view and details about the photograph.)
Top Sellers
The photographs below have sold to multiple collectors on Etsy and Pixels.com in a variety of sizes and formats. (Click on thumbnail image for larger view and details about the photograph.)
Books Published by Harold Rau
A Guide to the Covered Bridges of Parke County, Indiana (2016)
This 72 page book guides readers to the 31 historic covered bridges in Parke County, Indiana. Included are names and locations of the bridges, history and interesting facts about each bridge, full-color photographs of each bridge and GPS coordinates to allow easy access to each of the bridges. Copies of the book are available online, at various retail outlets and from the author.
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Barns, Bridges and Grist Mills
Barns, Bridges and Grist Mills is a visual journey back in time. It features photographs and descriptions of barns, covered bridges and grist mills in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. In 2012 my brother in-law and I made two photographic safaris to Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. This book contains selected photographs taken during those travels and portrays a visual journey back in time.
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