Jack Spencer (born 1951) American, Gelatin Silver Print "Horses/Cumbeland Island".  Sepia-toned landscape photograph by Tillie Tice featuring a group of horses silhouetted against a vast, ethereal horizon under a dramatic, clouded sky. Signed lower right. Numbered 1/20. Framed.

Overall Size: 26 3/4 x 31 3/4 in.
Sight Size: 15 x 20 in.

Jack Spencer (born 1951) is a highly influential self-taught American photographer whose work occupies the boundary between documentary realism and painterly abstraction. Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, Spencer spent his early life in the rural South before eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. He is best known for his "painterly" approach to the medium, often distressing his prints in the darkroom with pigments, glazes, and physical abrasions to create a sense of mythic, "sepia-tinted" history. His seminal series, Native Soil, explored the complex emotional and racial landscape of the American South, while later projects like Apariciones (focused on Mexico) and This Land (an 80,000-mile odyssey across 48 states) cemented his reputation as a master of atmospheric storytelling. His work is held in prestigious permanent collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the private collection of Sir Elton John.

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