Ronn Murray, Fairbanks, Alaska. Ronn fell in love with photography in 2007 while working over the summer in California to pay his way through college. Later that year, he moved to Anchorage, Alaska, to follow his dream of becoming a professional photographer. It was then that he captured his first image of the Northern Lights…
Dave Parkhurst, Anchorage, Alaska.
Jody Overstreet, Anchorage, Alaska. I consider myself an Alaska-grown nature lover and visual and literary storyteller. I’ve spent most of my life outdoors, inspired by the natural world’s moods and forms. I see nature as the supreme artist with whom I strive to co-create. I aim to spend time in place, observing light, lines, and…
Fred Hirschmann, Glacier View, Alaska. After eleven years working as a park ranger in Yellowstone, Everglades, Yosemite, Bryce Canyon, Death Valley, Petrified Forest, Voyageurs, and Lake Clark National Parks, I “retired” and returned to Alaska to photograph the coffee table books Bush Pilots of Alaska and Alaska’s National Parks. Now, seventeen books later, my wife,…
Carl Johnson, Anchorage, Alaska. I moved to Alaska in 1999, having lived in six states and one U.S. territory before that as a military dependent and serving in the Navy. I received my first formal photography training in the Navy, emphasizing a photojournalistic style. My love for nature photography grew from guiding in the Boundary…
Teresa Ascone, a lifelong Alaskan, keeps a studio in the Meadow Lakes area of the Matanuska Valley and lives in Anchorage, Alaska. Her impressions of nature are portrayed in a distinctive, romanticized style, featuring colorful flowers, animals, and landscapes. An award-winning PBS-produced video, Landscapes of the Imagination-The Art of Teresa Ascone, honored her in 1988.…
I create my images by hand pressing hand-carved woodblocks onto Japanese paper (washi), through a traditional woodcut printmaking process. Each print is original with slight variations based on ink applications and multiple layers of different colors. My art is inspired through time spent outside enjoying nature and watching wildlife. From these observations, I use my…
Matthew Quaid, Anchorage, Alaska. I was born and raised in Anchorage and developed a love for being outside at a young age. When I started taking pictures, I quickly became hooked on capturing my adventures to share with friends and family. I began spending more and more time outside, sometimes sitting for hours to study…
Daryl Pederson, Anchorage, Alaska. I grew up in Sterling, Alaska, and began my professional photography career after graduating from high school. The ocean is where I find the most of what to love about life on earth, and I dedicate half of the year playing in, on, and around it. In the winter months under…
Sean Neilson, Gustavus, Alaska. I caught the urge to take pictures many years ago while working a summer job in Yellowstone National Park. The natural beauty I witnessed there made me want to share it with others. I began with a borrowed Nikon FM, and after taking thousands of bad photos, I finally started to…