{{Short description|American photographer (1965– 2016)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Michael Edward Ross | image = Ed Ross.jpg | caption = Ed Ross (age 46) with his pets Beijo and Max (2012). | birth_date = {{Birth date|1965|10|27}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|07|30|1965|10|27}} | known_for = nude portraits; landscape photography }} '''Michael Edward Ross''' (October 27, 1965 – July 30, 2016) was an American tintype photographer and lawyer. His photography work spanned 27 years. His last six years were devoted exclusively to wet-plate photography.<ref name="R1"/> His focus as an artist was primarily on nude portraits and landscape photography.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} ==History== Ross was born in Ukiah, California to Bill and Dorothy Ross and raised in Davis, California. He attended Jesuit High School in Sacramento, UC San Diego, studied at the London School of Economics, and the UC Hastings School of Law.<ref name="R2"/> He worked as senior legal counsel for the Apple computer company in Cupertino, California.<ref name="R3"/> ==Photography== Ross had taken photographs for 27 years, and during the last eight years of his life used the Collodion process or wet-plates for his work.<ref name="R4"/> Ross worked with three different cameras: a half-plate box-style camera made by Ty Guillory, an {{convert|8|×|10|in}} bellows-style camera made by Black Art Woodcraft, and a {{convert|16|×|20|in}} Chamonix. He used 'period' lenses, manufactured between 1850 and 1900, by Dallmeyer, Voigtlander, and Ross.<ref name="R5"/><ref name="R6"/> ==Recognition== Ross’ work has been featured in Quite Frankly,<ref name="R7"/> juxtapoz.com,<ref name="R8"/> and 62nd floor Art Zine issue #9.<ref name="R9"/> His talent and unique approach to photography earned him a respectable place among the most creative and innovative photographers.<ref name="R10"/> ==Death== On July 30, 2016, Ross was killed in a motorcycle accident on a mountain road near Yosemite National Park, while on his way to photograph one of his favorite subjects, the Half Dome in Yosemite Valley.<ref name="R11"/><ref name="R12"/><ref name="R13"/> ==See also== * Collodion process * Tintype * Nude (art) * Depictions of nudity * Nude photography ==References== {{reflist|1|refs= <ref name="R1">{{cite web | last1 = Hakala | first1 = Kate | title = Meet One Photographer Who is Reviving the Extraordinary Art of Tintypes | url = http://www.nerve.com/art/meet-one-photographer-who-is-reviving-the-extraordinary-art-of-tintypes | website = Nerve.com | accessdate = 2016-09-14}} </ref> <ref name="R2">{{cite web | title = Member Detail | url = https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Licensee/Detail/173048 | publisher = The State Bar of California}} </ref> <ref name="R3">{{cite web | title = Michael Edward Ross - Obituary | url = http://www.davisenterprise.com/obits/michael-edward-ross/ | website = davisenterprise.com | date = 5 August 2016 | accessdate = 2016-08-07}} </ref> <ref name="R4">{{cite web | last1 = Hakala | first1 = Kate | title = Meet One Photographer Who is Reviving the Extraordinary Art of Tintypes | url = http://www.nerve.com/art/meet-one-photographer-who-is-reviving-the-extraordinary-art-of-tintypes | website = Nerve.com | accessdate = 2016-09-14}} </ref> <ref name="R5">{{cite web | last1 = Jane | first1 = Katherine | title = The Quite Delightful Project | url = https://quitedelightfulproject.com/journal/ed-ross-interview-2/ | website = quitedelightfulproject.com | accessdate = 2014-08-15}} </ref> <ref name="R6">{{cite web | title = NUDES AND PORTRAITS BY ED ROSS | url = http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/erotica/nudes-and-portraits-by-ed-ross/ | website = juxtapoz.com | accessdate = 2014-12-15}} </ref> <ref name="R7">{{cite web | last1 = Edmark | first1 = Stephanie | title = Published in Issue One of Quite Frankly Magazine, Photography by Ed Ross. | url = http://stephanieedmark.wixsite.com/site/single-post/2014/11/05/Published-in-Issue-One-of-Quite-Frankly-Magazine-Photography-by-Ed-Ross | website = stephanieedmark.wixsite.com | date = 5 November 2014 | accessdate = 2016-09-14}} </ref> <ref name="R8">{{cite web | title = NUDES AND PORTRAITS BY ED ROSS | url = http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/erotica/nudes-and-portraits-by-ed-ross/ | website = juxtapoz.com | accessdate = 2014-12-15}} </ref> <ref name="R9">{{Cite web | url = http://www.supplementaire.org/photography-by-ed-ross-for-62nd-floor-analogue-zine-9/ | title = Photography by ed Ross for 62nd Floor Analogue Zine #9 (NSFW) | Supplementaire Art & Fashion Journal}} </ref> <ref name="R10">{{cite web | last1 = Lazic | first1 = Sanja | title = SEDUCTIVE AND VINTAGE BY ED ROSS | url = http://www.widewalls.ch/ed-ross-nudes-photography/ | website = widewalls.ch | accessdate = 2016-09-14}} </ref> <ref name="R11">{{cite web | title = Michael Edward Ross - Obituary | url = http://www.davisenterprise.com/obits/michael-edward-ross/ | website = davisenterprise.com | date = 5 August 2016 | accessdate = 2016-08-07}} </ref> <ref name="R12">{{cite web | title = Sunnyvale man dies in weekend vehicle accident on Highway 120 | url = http://www.uniondemocrat.com/localnews/4547833-151/sunnyvale-man-dies-in-weekend-vehicle-accident-on | website = uniondemocrat.com | accessdate = 2016-08-01 | archive-date = 2016-08-03 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160803202209/http://www.uniondemocrat.com/localnews/4547833-151/sunnyvale-man-dies-in-weekend-vehicle-accident-on | url-status = dead }}</ref> <ref name="R13">{{cite web | title = Michael Ross Killed in Motorcycle Crash on Highway 120 in Jamestown | url = https://jacobyandmeyers.com/michael-ross-killed-motorcycle-crash-highway-120-jamestown-ca/ | website = jacobyandmeyers.com | accessdate = 2016-07-30}} </ref> }} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160828140306/http://edrossphoto.com/ Official Website] * [https://www.facebook.com/groups/989247791186588/ Ed Ross on Facebook] * [http://edrossphoto.tumblr.com/ Ed Ross Photography on Tumblr] * [http://www.blur-magazine.com/sections/wetplate# BLUR MAGAZINE: WET PLATE] blur-magazine.com * [http://www.62ndfloor.org/the-past-lives-forever-by-ed-ross-for-62nd-floor-9/ 62nd Floor zine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310121324/http://www.62ndfloor.org/the-past-lives-forever-by-ed-ross-for-62nd-floor-9/ |date=2016-03-10 }} "The Past Lives On Forever" * [http://www.gavinhignight.com/updates/2014/02/16/wetplate-photography-with-ed-ross/ Wetplate Photography with Ed Ross] gavinhignight.com * [http://www.rawbeauty.nl/home/wet-plates Raw Beauty Gallery - Wet Plates] rawbeauty.nl * [http://www.enkil.org/2011/05/25/ed-ross-wet-plate-photographer/ Ed Ross on Enkil] español * [http://www.darkbeautymag.com/2015/06/ed-ross%E2%80%8B-nekole-kemelle/ Dark Beauty Magazine] * [https://influencermagazine.uk/vip-contributor/ Liberator Unzipped] * [http://edsplates.blogspot.com/ Blogspot] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Ed}} Category:1965 births Category:American portrait photographers Category:American landscape photographers Category:2016 deaths Category:Nude photographers Category:Road incident deaths in California Category:Motorcycle road incident deaths Category:Jesuit High School (Carmichael) alumni