I photograph the Pacific Northwest in black and white because it helps me see the landscape more clearly. Without color, I pay closer attention to light, weather, texture, and the relationships between water, stone, forest, and sky.
This collection brings together my Pacific Northwest fine art landscape photography from Washington and Oregon. It includes quiet forests, coastal landscapes, rivers, waterfalls, volcanic terrain, and the peaks of the Cascades. Each photograph begins with time spent in the landscape, watching conditions change and responding to what the place offers rather than working from a fixed plan.
The Northwest is shaped by water, geology, elevation, and weather. Those forces give the region much of its character. Through black-and-white photography, I use form, tone, and texture to explore that character and my own response to it.
These posts and my Visual Essays form an ongoing record of that exploration.
A black and white photograph of the Sourdough Ridge Trail after an early Autumn snow as viewed near the Sunrise Lodge area of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. This photo is one of a series of images from my black and white landscape photography project titled Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 2007 Purchase Print
A black and white photograph of the Mount Fremont Lookout Trail after an early Autumn snow as viewed from Frozen Lake near Sunrise at Mount, Rainier National Park, Washington. This photo is one of a series of images from my black and white landscape photography project titled Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 2007 Purchase…
This panoramic black-and-white photograph of Mount St. Helens, taken from Burley Mountain in the Washington Cascades, highlights the dramatic volcanic crater and sweeping landscape.
From near Babyshoe Pass, I captured Adams Glacier—the largest on Mount Adams—in striking black and white. A timeless portrait of ice, shadow, and strength.
This black and white photograph of Dry Falls in Washington’s Grand Coulee was made from the canyon floor, highlighting the immense cliffs, desert textures, and timeless silence of a landscape shaped by ancient floods.
Experience the majestic presence of Mt Rainier in this black and white panoramic photograph captured from Burley Mountain Lookout in Washington.