LAKE PLACID – The Lake Placid Center for the Arts invites the public to an opening meet-the-artist reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 10 for “The Photography of Norman McGrath.”

This new exhibit will be on display in the LPCA Fine Arts Gallery through July 8. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.

Admission is free.

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About Norman McGrath

London-born photographer Norman McGrath was educated in Ireland where he earned an engineering degree at Trinity College in Dublin. His father was the Australian-born architect, artist and author Raymond McGrath.

McGrath moved to New York where he worked as a structural engineer before gradually switching to the field of architectural and interior photography.

His long career includes a wide variety of work for many well-known architects, designers and corporate clients. Virtually every major architectural publication has featured his images and his book Photographing Buildings Inside and Out sold over 47,000 copies.

Norman McGrath authored Architectural Photography in 2009, for Random House. In 2010, the third edition of Manhattan Skyscrapers appeared, co-authored by Eric Nash for Princeton Architectural Press and major contributions to many other books. Most recently, McGrath completed photography for Rooftop Gardens, published in April 2011. He is currently working on a garden book.

In addition to his assignment work, Norman McGrath lectured at the Maine Media Workshops from the late ’80s to 2013 giving an annual week-long seminar on architectural photography. He also gave a lecture to the Library Of Congress on March 17, 2016. The Library acquired his archive in 2012.

In 1985, the America Institute for Architecture awarded McGrath its Institute Honor and the New York chapter gave him a special citation for photography in 1999. A retrospective exhibition of his photographs was held at The Center for Architecture in February 2011.

McGrath now uses Canon equipment for his digital work but continues to use film and a panoramic camera to document the environment.

He said he still enjoys using his old Hasselblad when capturing mushrooms and spore prints. Canon selected him to be one of its “Explorers Of Light,” the only architectural photographer honored.