Roman Loranc was born in Bielsko-Biala, Poland, in 1956. He immigrated to the United States in 1981. In 1984 he moved to California, and shortly thereafter fell in love with the Central Valley. Roman Loranc shoots most of his pictures within an hour’s drive of his home in Modesto, California, but he is also interested in exploring his ancestral roots in Europe. For this reason he makes occasional photographic forays into Poland and Lithuania. Roman Loranc shapes the photo from start to finish, including hand printing his negatives on multigrade fiber paper. All the printing, spotting, and archival mounting are done by Roman Loranc. The inherent drama of the landscapes is reproduced through a variable split-toning (sepia and selenium) technique.