Fenced Joshua Tree

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Purchase Kinetic Ambiguity's “Fenced Joshua Tree"

If you are interested in buying this print, please use the link above. If you have any questions, send me an Instagram DM @elmp_kap or email me at ELMPhoto.FA@gmail.com.

Each work is an edition of 5 with 2 artist proofs. The prints have a slightly satin, nearly matte finish, and are printed on enamel coated aluminum using archival pigmented inks ensuring their longevity and enduring beauty for years to come. And I have a frame attached to the back of each print to help make print hanging easy.

Size 30"x45", for $4,500.

Palos Verdes Art Center

Now playing at the Palos Verdes Art Center’s "The Summer Show 2026". I have a print there until Saturday, August 22, 2026.

5504 Crestridge Road
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, 90275

Kinetic Ambiguity 86688, "Down that Road"

Show closes on, Saturday, August 22, 2026.

If you're interested in buying a print, send me an Instagram DM at elmp_kap or email me at ELMPhoto.FA@gmail.com, but for the current show please purchase directly from the gallery.

Pricing breakdown:

Size 12"x18", for $1,500.00

Size 20"x30", for $3,000.00

Size 30"x45", for $4,500.00

Each work is an edition of 5 with 2 artist proofs. The prints have a slightly satin, nearly matte finish, and are printed on enamel coated aluminum using archival pigmented inks ensuring their longevity and beauty for years to come. And I have a frame attached to the back of each print for easy hanging.

My Blog as a Point of Sale

Hi! I hope all is well. I’m currently setting up my blog as a point-of-sale system. I’m adding PayPal buttons to my artwork posts, so it's easy for people to click and purchase. Please note that the photos displayed in this post are not for sale, as they are priceless works; my self-portraits – LOL. Seriously, I’m just testing some things.

Eddie Color Picture

University of La Verne, Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography

Hello everyone! It’s showtime at the University of La Verne’s Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography! That’s right, I’ve been invited to share my Kinetic Ambiguity Project. The gallery is located at the following:

2237 C Street
La Verne, CA 91750

The gallery is in Miller Hall on the ground level.

The artist reception is on Thursday, February 19th, 2026, from 4pm to 6pm. I hope you can make it!

Edward Lance Montgomery, Biography

Edward Lance Montgomery wants to share his creations of manipulated light with you. His passion? Photographic art rendered with his signature post-production formula, creating unique and engaging yet still familiar pieces. The image making process is especially personal for him as he photographs these works in a moving vehicle. This began for him back in 2003 while he served in the Army during the war, on his last deployment to Iraq. Being how he couldn’t simply stop his convoy to take pictures, he would take pictures while on the move – hip shots or “no look” shots, if you will. Initially, the blurry images were culled from the “good” ones, but the blur intrigued him. He never stopped experimenting with blurry images, not even during his undergraduate studies as a studio art major, he kept this work to himself. The project wouldn’t even get a name until 2013 – the Kinetic Ambiguity Project. Now, you would be hard pressed to find him doing anything else.

Edward, an award-winning artist, has participated in art exhibitions, written art reviews, and curated art shows. He is a 2014 honors graduate of California State University, San Bernardino with a BA in studio art (concentration photography) and a minor in business administration. By way of a 20-year military career, Edward has lived around the world but has since returned to his home state of California. He currently lives in the high desert city of Victorville.

(Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 126462, “Guardian Squad”, 10/24/2024, Size 30"x45", price $4,500)

Purchase "Guardian Squad"

If you are interested in buying a print, send me an Instagram DM @elmp_kap or email me at ELMPhoto.FA@gmail.com. If you live in California, I may be able to deliver the artwork to you personally.

2026 pricing breakdown:
Size 12"x18", for $1,500
Size 20"x30", for $3,000
Size 30"x45", for $4,500

Each work is an edition of 5 with 2 artist proofs. The prints have a slightly satin, nearly matte finish, and are printed on enamel coated aluminum using archival pigmented inks ensuring their longevity and enduring beauty for years to come. And I have a frame attached to the back of each print to help make print hanging easy.

If Walls Could Talk…

Yes, if walls could talk…

One thing I really think they would say (I'm still talking about walls) is, “hang something inspirational on me like this artwork”.

If you're interested in buying a print, send me an Instagram DM @elmp_kap or email me at ELMPhoto.FA@gmail.com. If you live in California, I may be able to deliver the artwork to you personally.

2026 pricing breakdown:
Size 12"x18", for $1,500
Size 20"x30", for $3,000
Size 30"x45", for $4,500

Each work is an edition of 5 with 2 artist proofs. The prints have a slightly satin, nearly matte finish, and are printed on enamel coated aluminum using archival pigmented inks ensuring their longevity and beauty for years to come. And I have a frame attached to the back of each print to help make print hanging easy.

(Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 66707, “Under the Green”, 2/1/2022, Size 30"x45", price $4,500)

A Lot of Figuring

Yes, I’m still working on blog. I’ve been working on this blog since 2010. I’ve basically been trying to figure out how a blog works. I know, that’s a lot of figuring.

If you're interested in buying a print, send me an Instagram DM @elmp_kap or email me at ELMPhoto.FA@gmail.com. If you live in California, I may be able to deliver the artwork to you personally.

2026 pricing breakdown:
Size 12"x18", for $1,500.00
Size 20"x30", for $3,100.00
Size 30"x45", for $4,600.00

Each work is an edition of 5 with 2 artist proofs. The prints have a slightly satin, nearly matte finish, and are printed on enamel coated aluminum using archival pigmented inks ensuring their longevity and beauty for years to come. And I have a frame attached to the back of each print to help make print hanging easy.

(Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 144263, “Surrounded”, 3/4/2025, Size 30"x45", price $4,600.00.)

No Fire

It looks like it's on fire. For the record, there is no fire – just fast movement.

If you're interested in buying a print, send me an Instagram DM @elmp_kap or email me at ELMPhoto.FA@gmail.com. If you live in California, I may be able to deliver the artwork to you personally.

2025 pricing breakdown:
Size 12"x18", for $1,500.00
Size 20"x30", for $3,100.00
Size 30"x45", for $4,600.00

Each work is an edition of 5 with 2 artist proofs. The prints have a slightly satin, nearly matte finish, and are printed on enamel coated aluminum using archival pigmented inks ensuring their longevity and beauty for years to come. And I have a frame attached to the back of each print to help make print hanging easy.

(Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 17227, “It Was Fast”, 12/19/2020, Size 30"x20", price $3,100.00.)

Calming Vibes

You might be wondering what I’m doing. I’m trying to send along some calming vibes, from me to you, by way of my print, “Green Joshua”. I’m asking you to slow down so you can really see it. Besides, I think we are all going too fast anyway. That being said, my prints are designed to be seen in person. Face-to-face interaction works best with this work.

If you would like to purchase a print, send me an Instagram DM at elmp_kap or email me at ELMPhoto.FA@gmail.com. If you live in California, I may be able to deliver the artwork to you personally.

2025 pricing breakdown:
Size 12"x18", for $1,500.00
Size 20"x30", for $3,100.00
Size 30"x45", for $4,600.00 

Each work is an edition of 5 with 2 artist proofs. The prints have a slightly satin, nearly matte finish, and are printed on enamel coated aluminum using archival pigmented inks ensuring their longevity and beauty for years to come. And I have a frame attached to the back of each print to help make print hanging easy.

(Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 62534, “Green Joshua”, 12/9/2021, Size 30"x20", price $3,100.00.)

The Challenge

 

I do not photograph subjects as life-like images. My work is sometimes abstract and at other times impressionistic and many times both. What I’m doing is having a conversation with light, shadows, and color. In my Kinetic Ambiguity’s Land Series, Vista Segments, there is a lot of focus on what you can’t see. The challenge is often figuring out what you do see. If you look for them, you’ll notice that the landscapes have been there right in front of you, all along.

If you're interested in buying a print, send me an Instagram DM at elmp_kap or email me at ELMPhoto.FA@gmail.com. If you live in California, I may be able to deliver the artwork to you personally.

2025 pricing breakdown:
Size 12"x18", for $1,540.00
Size 20"x30", for $3,080.00
Size 30"x45", for $4,620.00 

Each work is an edition of 5 with 2 artist proofs. The prints have a slightly satin, nearly matte finish, and are printed on enamel coated aluminum using archival pigmented inks ensuring their longevity and beauty for years to come. And I have a frame attached to the back of each print for easy hanging.

(Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 81745, “Blue Guard”, 5/13/2023)

(Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 8440, “Tower One”, 2/29/2020)

 

Selling Prints – 2025

This gets a little unsettling, the act of stating one’s prices in this contemporary art endeavor. Or rather this art business. The reality is that I have nothing to lose and much to gain – though it is challenging to see that right now. So, to be clear, my artwork is for sale.

If you're interested in buying a print, send me an Instagram DM at elmp_kap or email me at ELMPhoto.FA@gmail.com. If you live in California, I may be able to deliver the artwork to you personally.

2025 pricing breakdown:
Size 12"x18", for $1,540.00
Size 20"x30", for $3,080.00
Size 30"x45", for $4,620.00

Each work is an edition of 5 with 2 artist proofs. The prints have a slightly satin, nearly matte finish, and are printed on enamel coated aluminum using archival pigmented inks ensuring their longevity and beauty for years to come. And I have a frame attached to the back of each print for easy hanging.

(Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 101539, “Tree and Hill”, 2/24/2024)

(Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 4788, “Fenced Joshua Tree”, 12/22/2019)

The LMF Gallery + Darkroom

 

The F/8 Photography group show is still going on until September 3^rd. It’s an imaginative presentation of some amazing photographs. You’ll feel the real purpose of the work when you see it up close. And I mean that for all of the prints, not just mine.

The LMF Gallery + Darkroom
55 N. Baldwin Ave
Sierra Madre, CA 91024

Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 113959, “Windmills”, 6/21/2024,

Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 66008, “Old Guardian”, 1/28/2022,

 

More Art Shows

Hello everyone! Yes, there is another solo show and group show beginning in Aug 2025. The upcoming solo show will be at the Art Depot Gallery in Fontana, California. The group show will be at the LMF Gallery + Darkroom, in Sierra Madre, California. Opening reception for the inaugural Photo Show, F/8, is this Saturday, Aug 9^th, beginning at 6pm.

55 N. Baldwin Ave
Sierra Madre, CA 91024

The solo show opening reception will be from 3pm to 5pm, on Saturday, Aug 16^th.

16822 Spring Street
Fontana, CA 92335

I hope you'll be there.

Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 86688, “Down that Road”, 7/23/2023

Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 99515, “Center Pivot”, 1/20/2024

Art Shows

Hello everyone! There is another solo show and group show, on the horizon. The upcoming solo show will be in Fontana, California, at the Art Depot Gallery. The group show will be at the LMF Gallery + Darkroom, in Sierra Madre, California. Both exhibitions will be held in August. More details are coming soon.

I hope you’ll be able to attend.

Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 13468, “Ice Tea”, 11/15/2020

Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 121104, “Last September”, 9/7/2024

Artist Talk, Edward Lance Montgomery

Thank you, 29 Palms Art Gallery.

Identity

Time is just flying by. Sometimes, it’s a challenge to keep. Like keeping up with the new shows I’m in. Currently, I have two more prints in an exhibition in Livermore, CA. The show, “Identity: Defining Identity Through Visual Expression”, is currently open and runs through May 4^th. It’s a group show and free to enter. You should have a look if you get the chance to.

Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 66036, “In the Distance”, 1/28/2022

Kinetic Ambiguity Project, Land Series, Vistas Segment, 66366, "Blue Joshua”, 2/1/2022

California Poppies – Contemporary Art

That’s what I think; those poppies, flowers in general, are works of art created by nature.  To be clear, this is a secular blog so I’m not suggesting or hinting at anything.  I am pointing out the obvious, is all – nature has always been an amazing artist.  I spent a little time at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve yesterday.  There were a lot of people.  That was not a lot of fun, but the poppies were worth it.  And I need a lot of flower images for a project I’m working on so I will need to brave some other spots during the anticipated “super bloom”.

Photo LA – 2019

Yesterday, I went to PhotoL.A. – 2019, at the historic Barker Hangar, in Santa Monica.  It was raining.  Not a light shower or drizzle, it was raining.  You can still see the art fair today up until 4pm, (I believe but check the link above to be sure) but the earlier you go today (opens at 11:00am) the better chance you have of not being rained on.

For me, it was a good photography art fair.  I liked the old location in Los Angeles better but this this still worked.  I saw a lot of really good work and I saw work that made me feel good about the work I’m doing with my images. My website shows a lot what I’m doing except my Motion Project – it’s not ready to go on the site yet.  But this might have been my last Photo L.A.  You know when you get that feeling that something is out of sorts – something is not quite working.  The last time I went to this art fair was 3 years ago and I got that same kind of feeling then too.  I have experienced that “feeling” in different setting and places from here to the other side do the world – and I have had these “feeling” since I was a child.  No one said or did anything to me nor did I see something along those lines.  But there is non-verbal communication going on all the time – I have learned to be cognizant of it.  But this is a great event for photographic art lovers.

I even met Ms. SusanSpiritus at her gallery’s booth, G05.  That was cool but I was really awkward – there went my first impression.  And I met the artist Ms. Hui Yi, who was with the SoPhoto Gallery out of Beijing.  Yes, all the way from China to participate in this art fair.  That’s cool and she was nice – she briefly explained her work to me too.  Photo L.A. is really a great chance to see some exceptional photographic art.  If you can make it today, you should go.  It’s not free but you’ll see some amazing work.

 This is what I drove through to get to Photo LA.

 It doesn't say it on the label but this is from the Susan Spiritus Gallery.

And this is one of Ms. Hui Yi's images I took of her post card.

Essence of Art

I read an article on The Washington Free Beacon website titled, “Finding the Essence of Art

Review: ConstantinBrancusi Sculptures at the Museum of Modern Art”, by Emily Ferguson.  I bit and clicked on the article because of the title, “Finding the Essence of Art”.  Well, I’m always on the hunt to find a way to be showing my work in galleries and museums.  As I see it, of course knowing the essence of art will help me do that.  And this guy, Constantin Brancusi, had some cool pieces too – I remembered a couple from when I was an undergrad (work we discussed in a class).  I loved the very first sentence in the article, “Watching two people argue about art is like watching two people try to ice-skate uphill.”  I was like, “yup”.  The rest of the article was good but more review than finding essence really.  A good review though – better than the stuff I write and call a review.  But I did revisit some since of what has been bugging me ever since I changed majors back in 2012 to become an art major rather than a finance major.  I’m not on a quest to get rich – it’s why the finance major became a business minor.  All I really want to do is make a good living (like make what I make now in my non-art job) being an artist.  That’s all.  So, what’s been bugging me is selling my work or rather me not selling my work – this doesn’t go the way I want it to unless I’m selling my work.  Ok, you’re like, “what does this have to do with the article you read?”  You should read the article and gleam that for yourself.  It was interesting but this is not about that.  This is about art (pause) work.  I need to move the needle on sales so I can get to where I want to go with my art work.  Maybe chasing the gallery thing may not be for me.  I need my own customer list.  I need to control the promotion of my work.  I need to be in charge of the operation, the business, that I am pursuing. I need to figure out the essence of my grind, my hustle – how I should be putting in work.  I’m moving into a world where perceived value is viewed as actual value and I need to understand that and adjust accordingly.

I’m still doing the portfolio review at the Palm Springs Photo Festival in May though.  I’m just saying.

This is an example of AP print of the Window Pain series (yes, pain not pane), part of the Victor Valley Project.  It is a 13” x 13” chromogenic print, cross processed, medium format, matted in a 16” x 23” frame.  This will be for sell soon.

A Review of the Exhibition, “In the Sunshine of Neglect”

The show runs from January 19 through April 28, 2019.

Last night, Saturday, January 19^th, Jane and I went to the Riverside Art Museum (RAM) and UCR Arts’ California Museum of Photography (CMP) for the opening of “In the Sunshine of Neglect: Defining Photographs and Radical Experiments in Inland Southern California, 1950 to the Present”. We haven’t had a date night in a while, and we love looking at art, so the opportunity was perfect.  And I would get a chance at maybe seeing some art friends which is always nice.  Both RAM and CMP websites have a good write up about what to expect at the photographic exhibition (the same write up, actually) so I don’t need to do that.  But you should go see this show if you can, especially if you live, work or go to school in the Inland Empire – or you just love photographic art.  I haven’t been to a lot of openings, but this opening reception night was probably the biggest that I have ever experienced – there was a gang of folks out at both venues.  But it was fun and worth the price of admission – oh, that was $0.00.  But you do have to pay at the CMP on normal viewing times - $6.00 or less (students, seniors, etc.)  There is a lot of great art being shown at this exhibition and I plan on going back to better take it all in, but it was especially nice seeing those friends/CSUSB alumni though.  Like Katie, Andrew and Sant (who is also a former professor of mine).  That was really cool.  Go see the show.