BIO:

Sandi Wheaton is a Windsor, Ontario based photographer who specializes in black and white infrared travel photography. Whether it involves climbing 600-foot sand dunes in the 100°F Mojave Desert or quietly studying the details of a Buddhist temple in rural Japan, Sandi’s passion for travel fuels her work. She is particularly drawn to the dusty corners of California's desert regions to shoot joshua trees, empty stretches of Route 66 and abandoned ruins along the Salton Sea. Currently, Sandi is working on a touring exhibition and publication about the Salton Sea that will debut at Canada’s Art Gallery of Windsor in 2011.

Although Sandi studied some photography while pursuing her Bachelor of Applied Arts degree at Toronto's Ryerson University, her specialization there was video installation art. For years, photography was mainly just a hobby she enjoyed while traveling on vacation. Sandi’s “conversion experience” came during her first visit to California’s Joshua Tree National Park in 1995, when she experimented with black and white high-speed infrared film for the first time. Once she observed the film’s surreal quality and realized how it helped portray the magic she felt in those unusual desert landscapes, Sandi was hooked - and she’s been shooting infrared ever since.

Sandi also does colour digital work and is available for portrait and commercial work, on location or in the studio.

Past clients and collaborations include: HUMMER, Infinit Nutrition Canada, UCR/California Museum of Photography, USGS Salton Sea Science Office, Warfare Entertainment, BTV+, Mental Wealth Inc., Northern Lights Facilitators Inc., Lakeview Fitness Club, Training Jones Inc., Cool Party Favors, Amara Resort, Vermouth, kreativ energy, Teach Yourself Piano, emotiv8, The Sultanahs dance troupe, Susu Abdo Entertainment Enterprises

Prints are available for purchase - please email for details.

Sandi's prints and cards are also available for purchase at the following locations: 29 Palms Art Gallery (29 Palms, CA), California Welcome Center (Yucca Valley, CA), Purple Agave Gallery at the Cactus Mart (Morongo Valley, CA), Hi-Desert Nature Museum (Yucca Valley, CA), From the Heart (Windsor, ON). Her work is also included in the Sales and Rentals collection at the Art Gallery of Windsor, and is part of the Hi-Desert Medical Center's permanent art collection. Sandi's Windsor Sculpture Garden postcards can be found in various Windsor retailers, including most Shoppers Drug Mart postcard racks.