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Drew Bedo comes to large format photography late in life, after following several technical careers. As a drilling fluid engineer in the oil industry, Bedo photographed stock images of desert scenes from oil rigs in the middle-east.

In the late eighties, Bedo trained in diagnostic imaging at Baylor college of Medicine. He performed Nuclear Medicine procedures on patients using radioactive isotopes and digital imaging equipment. During this time, Bedo developed his interest in large format photography as a low-tech, hands-on counterpoint to his daily work.

In 2002, a medical condition rendered him legally blind in a matter of days. Forced to leave Nuclear Medicine, he retired. Suburban life is confining without the ability to drive. Entertainment options are limited to listening to information programming and audio books.

“Legally Blind” means not totally blind. Bedo has residual vision. He sees muted shapes with subdued colors and some detail in a narrowed field of view in one eye.. He now reads with magnifying appliances, yet he cannot make out identifying facial features. This is the nature of Bedo’s visual ability.

Eventually he climbed out of his easy chair to unpack his 8×10 camera. On a sunny day he set it up and turned it on a garden statue. He made out a change in the ground-glass image as he racked the focus knob back and forth and was elated. He began to shoot again from time-to-time.

Today, Drew Bedo creates fine-art photographic images with traditional materials in antiue and vintage large format cameras. His images are available on-line and at public showings.