The photograph has his initials R. On the lower right hand (see picture) and titled “Tunderstorm Canada” and 1976. There’s a slight watermark on the lower left matt. Here is some information on the artist: google. BIOGRAPHYRobert Werling was born in San Francisco, California in 1946 and realized an interest in art at an early age. While briefly attending a commercial art school, he found photography to be his medium and went on to obtain both a BA and an honorary MS from the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA. He also studied privately under Ansel Adams from 1966 to 1970 and Imogen Cunningham from 1969 to 1975. Through his affiliation with Adams, he came to know and work with other noted photographers. Brett Weston became his close friend and mentor and Marion Post Wolcott, relying on his darkroom expertise, entrusted her negatives to his printing genius. Portfolios of original prints. Portfolio 1, The Sierra Nevada, 1980 Edition of 35. Portfolio 2, Japan, 1982 Edition of 25. Portfolio 4, The California Coast, 1994 Edition of 100. Portfolio 5, San Francisco, 2008, Edition of 25. While creating an impressive number of his own fine art prints, Werling also lectured extensively and worked as an instructor for the Brooks Institute, the University of California, Santa Barbara, the Zone System Seminars and Workshops in the United States, and for the Werkschule fur Fotografie in Soltau, Germany. · Ansel Adams, celebration of Genius, November 2007 with Jeanne Verhulst at Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia. · Ansel Adams, The Weston Family and Robert Werling in the Oceano Dunes, November, 2008 Arroyo Grande Historical Museum. Werling has exhibited his photographs in over sixty and group shows in both the United States and Europe. His most recent shows are as follows. Recent One man exhibition. The Dunes of Oceano, Arroyo Grande Historical Museum, November 2008. Portraits of Place, October, 2005. Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Made in Santa Barbara, group exhibition, July, 2007, Santa Barbara Museum of Art. His award-winning work has appeared in numerous publications and most recently the following. · Rangefinder Magazine Bob Werling, “Black and White Master” by Peter Skinner, January 2007. · At Mono Lake, exhibition Catalogue, Friends of the Earth Foundation. · Made in Santa Barbara, Contemporary Photographs. Catalogue, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2007. · Schwarzweiss Magazine fuer Fotografie, 19, Robert Werling modern Klassik, January, 1999. · Route 66 Magazine. O “Bill Shea” by Robert Werling, Winter 2006/07 Volume 14 no, 1. O “On the road with Marion Post Wolcott” by Robert Werling, summer 2007. He is included in the permanent collections of Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany; Colgate Museum, Hamilton, New York; The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Illinois; the Huntington Library and Museum, San Marino, CA; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D. And the Pentax Camera Museum, Tokyo, among most recently the Telfar Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia. Robert Werling speaks fluent German and continues to photograph and lecture, dividing his time between California and Europe. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.