Biography
He began photographing winemaking in 1978 when National Geographic sent him to Napa Valley to produce an article. As a result of that project he made his home in Napa Valley where his interest in the wine country led him to begin photographing captivating images of the region. The interest in wine became global in 1995 when he spent a year following the wine harvest around the world, shooting photographs in all major wine producing regions.
Many of his photos are included in Wine Country Collection® a gallery of fine art wine photography can be viewed and purchased here and on custom window coverings produced by 3-Day Blinds, www.3day.com, and from Gallery Player, a Seattle-based provider of visual content for “plasma screens” - flat screen TV wall design, www.galleryplayer.com. His photos can also be purchased from his stock agency, Corbis, www.corbis.com.
O’Rear photographed seven wine books, including: Wine Places ( 2005); Beautiful Wineries (2005); Napa Valley: The Land, The Wine, The People (2001); Chardonnay: Photographs from Around the World (1999); Cabernet: A Photographic Journey from Vine to Wine (1998); Fodor’s Wine Country; and Napa Valley (1989).
