American, b. 1947
While pursuing a degree in English from Lycoming College in Pennsylvania, Terry Wild decided he could express more through pictures than words. He transferred to Art Center College of Design in Los Angles and received his BFA in 1971. That same year, Wild was included in a show at the Pasadena Art Museum called "The Crowded Vacancy: Three Los Angeles Photographers," along with Lewis Baltz and Anthony Hernandez. After several years amid the frenetic activity of L.A. photographic community, Wild returned to the familiar landscape of Pennsylvania; taking a part-time position at Lycoming, where he founded the photography department. He established his own commercial photography business in 1974 and continues to produce stock images as well as his own limited-edition fine art prints.
Wild's photographs are in the permanent collections of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Norton Simon Museum of Art, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.