“….Stephen Althouse transforms familiar objects into symbols of human experience and spiritual striving. Wrapped, bound, or shrouded in white cloth, many of his objects create a dialogue between freedom and constraint, flight and imprisonment, death and resurrection…”

“…Althouse’s works are in a distinctive language and a deeply moving mystical spiritual dimension, which penetrates into our subconscious and elicits a response from our innermost being…”

“….Lacing his images with visual autobiographical narrative themes that recur and crisscross throughout his work, Althouse has created a unique and mysterious visual language of personal symbols and metaphors….”

“….Like medieval devotional relics and honorific textiles, Althouse’s tools and shrouds become symbols of power and reverence, engaging the viewer in a diologue about history, humanity, tradition, and spirituality….”

“…Recapturing his found subjects through the process of photography, he enshrines them in large scale minimalist compositions that transcend the ordinary and turn the everyday into the epic…”

“…They [Althouse’s works] give us a feeling of standing in a long tradition, of being links in an infinite chain; at the same time they confront us with our own mortality…”

“…[Althouse’s] prints themselves read as objects with a three-dimensional quality as palpable as the subjects they portray. The two-dimensional image is transfigured…”

“….In covering his subjects in shrouds, Althouse seems to be withholding information, dropping clues and raising questions; thereby pushing the drama and mystery of his works to uncharted levels…..”