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ABOUT ME
JACK GRAHAM / Photographer
Jack Graham began photographing nature in the mid seventies while living in the New York City/ New Jersey metropolitan area.
While attending Indiana University Jack began to explore the rural landscapes of Southern Indiana. Here is where the appreciation of the natural world began. The rolling hills of Southern Indiana became the integral backdrop and formation of what would lead establishing the vision that is present within Jack today.
After his first trip to California and Arizona, he set his sights on eventually moving west to photograph the natural beauty that has to this day captivated him. Jack moved to Northern California in 1990 and began exploring the varied areas found on the West Coast. Living in Northern California afforded him the opportunity to photograph the lush landscapes and scenic natural beauty of the area, as well as the vast natural areas of the west, concentrating especially in Arizona, the Colorado Plateau, Canyon County of Southern Utah, Wyoming and the Pacific Northwest.
By returning to the Midwest, in 2000 Jack again had the opportunity to capture on film the natural beauty the can be found on the prairies and natural areas indicative of the Midwest. Being lucky to have photographed on the east & west coast,
After a few years in the Midwest, Jack has once again settled in the Pacific Northwest. This was always a goal to return to the west coast, specifically the Pacific Northwest. This area offers the best of all worlds for nature photographers, along with easy access to areas yet explored.
Jack has led his own photo tours in California, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, the Midwest as well as the Pacific Northwest. He has been a field instructor with numerous seminars and photo tours led by many famous nature photographers. By photographing and learning, from such photographers as John Shaw, Jack Dykinga, Art Wolfe, Galen Rowell, Frans Lanting, David Muench both his inspiration as well as technique has, and continues to be cultivated. Jack now leads his own “Photo Classroom in the Field” workshops throughout the United States as well as others for the Great American Photography Weekend organization in 2008.
Jack has been successful in publication and stock photography as well. Credits include Outdoor Photography (UK), California Wild, and many DNR publications, Audubon, Nature Conservancy, Chicago Wilderness and Sierra Club publications as well as many calendar credits. Corporate work includes prints and stock applications for internal as well as publication use.
Having a degree from Indiana University in Music, Jack brings the sensitivity to art and photography that is new and fresh. He expresses natural forms of the area from the point of view that attracts all the senses. This can be felt throughout out his work. Combined with an admiration and love of the natural world, this forms the basis for his photography.
Jack is a member of NANPA North American Nature Photographers Association, FNAWS (Federation for North American Wild Sheep, Mono Lake Committee, & SUWA (Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance). Jack can be contacted through his office at 330-668-6820 or via E-Mail at jack@jackgrahamphoto.com
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