| Dates: | 1956, 29 January - | | Born: | US, NY, Babylon | | Active: | US |
Santa Fe-based photographer, Ralph Lee Hopkins, is Director of Photography Expeditions for Lindblad Expeditions. He also teaches photography workshops with Arizona Highways, National Geographic Expeditions, and the Santa Fe Workshops, and is co-lecturer on tour with the National Geographic Traveler magazine series, "Travel Photography in the Digital World." His work is represented worldwide by the National Geographic Image Collection and Lonely Planet Images and has been published in most major nature and photography publications.
[Courtesy of Verve Fine Arts Gallery - 2006]
Artist statement:
"I didn‘t set out to be a photographer. Photography found me - it was an outgrowth of my love of landscapes and my background in geology. After college I moved to Utah and acquired a used 4 X 5 view camera. I then photographed my way through graduate school at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff where I studied geology in the Grand Canyon. I think what so captivated me about photography was being in the moment with my camera, which I found intensified the experience of being in the landscapes that I loved. Still, today, 25 years later, my deep love of nature is what I hope comes through in my images."
"Today, I shoot almost exclusively with digital cameras, while still keeping my images true to reality. I spend about six months each year teaching and photographing in the world‘s wildest and, I believe, most beautiful places. My favorite locations are Baja California, the Arctic‘s Svalbard, and Antarctica. In each, stunning landscapes are combined with rich wildlife for unparalleled photographic possibilities. Yet I still call the magical landscapes of the American Southwest home. My two recent books, Hiking Colorado‘s Geology and Hiking the Southwest‘s Geology, have brought me full circle, a profound experience. For me, photography is not just an art - it is a way of being in and connecting with the best of the natural world."
[Courtesy of Verve Fine Arts Gallery - 2006]Preparing biographies
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