Jack Dykinga is a Pulitzer Prize (1971 Feature Photography) winning photographer who  blends large format landscape art photography with documentary photojournalism.  He is a regular contributor to Arizona Highways and National Geographic Magazines.  His nine wilderness advocacy, large format books include: Frog Mountain Blues, The Secret Forest, The Sierra Pinacate, The Sonoran Desert, Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau, and Desert: The Mojave and Death Valley.   He authored and photographed Large Format Nature Photography, a “how to” guide to color landscape photography.  Jack Dykinga’s ARIZONA, released in 2004 from Westcliffe Publishers, a compellation of Jack’s best Arizona images and: IMAGES:  Jack Dykinga’s Grand Canyon released by Arizona Highways, May 2008, reflect Jack’s love for Arizona.

Dykinga’s fine art images were featured along with the work of Ansel Adams in an Arizona Highways Magazine retrospective shown at the Phoenix Art Museum, The Center for Creative Photography, and the Museum of Northern Arizona.  His stunning archival prints will comprise a one-man show at the G2 Gallery in Venice, California, opening August 2008.  Additionally, he has also collaborated with Mexico’s Agrupacion Sierra Madre to help produce their latest book on the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, printed in both Spanish and English.

His work is driven by his passionate advocacy for preservation of the natural world.  Currently, he serves on the board of The Sonoran National Park Project in an effort to create a new Bi-National Park on the Arizona/Sonora, Mexico border.  

He has also focused on Texas/Mexican border highlighting the biological diversity of protected areas along the Rio Grande River corridor which appeared in the February 2007, National Geographic Magazine.  He remains a National Geographic contract photographer and his next assignment will appear soon.

In April, 2007, Jack and four other photographers: Thomas Mangelsen, U.S.A.; Patricio Robles Gil, Mexico; Fulvio Eccardi, Italy & Mexico; and Florien Schultz from Germany, became the first ever R.A.V.E. (Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition) for the International League of Conservation Photographers, to document the El Triunfo Cloud forest in Chiapas, Mexico, drawing attention to the threatened habitat there 

He and his wife Margaret live in Tucson, Arizona.

Visit Jack at  www.dykinga.com

James Kay specializes in landscapes of Western North America.  James has worked as a professional photographer for more than 25 years.  He currently serves as a professional advisor to Outdoor Photographer Magazine and his work has been featured in the Nikon Legends Collection. His photographs have been published in magazines, books, calendars and commercial advertising projects around the world. His newly-released book, Resurrection - Glen Canyon and a New Vision for the American West, is now available in bookstores. Jim and his wife Susie live in the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah.  

Visit James at www.jameskay.com

Margy Dudley was raised in New York City where she first picked up a camera in grade school. New York provided a wonderful venue for picture taking, especially street photography, which became her passion. Henri Cartier-Bresson has always been her strongest inspiration.

After graduating from Wheaton College in Massachusetts in 1980, she worked in the advertising business in New York for many years until starting a family and moving out to Durango, Colorado with her husband where they have lived for the last 10 years with their 4 sons. Living in Colorado has provided access to the wilderness and outdoor adventure, which is an important aspect of her life. Travel has also played an important role in Dudley’s photography and she has been to many exotic locations such as Peru, India, China, Bhutan, Tanzania, Mali, Morocco, Greenland and Turkey.

Dudley opened the Open Shutter Gallery in Durango more than 8 years ago as a place for photography lovers to gather and show their work in the community. She has juried multiple exhibits in Colorado and has also hosted international juried exhibits at the gallery. The gallery serves as a center for education, providing digital and travel workshops. The exhibits in the gallery have expanded to include work from around the world including Germany, Finland, Iran and the Netherlands. 

Visit the gallery at www.openshuttergallery.com 

Nathaniel Coalson is a photographer and digital printmaker based in Colorado. Nat was educated at Colorado Institute of Art and California Art Institute and has worked professionally in the graphic arts since 1987. In addition to photography he has done graphic design, commercial print production and multimedia. Nat managed a prepress service bureau where he produced high-end scans, color separations, imagesetter output and contract color proofs for large publishing clients. He is currently the owner of Coalson Editions, a fine art printing studio for photographers and artists.

Nat is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and Lightroom and is the author of Lightroom 2: Streamlining your Digital Photography Process published by Wiley in 2009.  Nat is an experienced instructor who teaches photography and digital imaging and provides training and consulting for private and corporate clients. He has lectured at the University of Denver and the Cincinnati Art Academy and has taught numerous classes and workshops on photography, printing and imaging.

Nat’s work has been exhibited extensively, received national awards and is held in private and corporate collections worldwide. His work has earned accolades from the National Photo Awards, Axiem Awards, Communicator Awards, Art Directors Club of Denver and Denver Advertising Federation.

Visit Nat at www.natcoalson.com

Tom Till has been a professional landscape and nature photographer for 33 years.  Based in Moab, Till is the author of over thirty books, including the upcoming Photographing the Great Scenes, and Utah Canyons, a second collaboration with daughter/writer Mikenna Clokey. Outdoor Photographer magazine called Till one of the "Lords of Landscape Photography," and  The Tom Till Gallery in Moab is celebrating its 13th season this year.  

Visit Tom at tomtill.com

Jeff Foott has worked for over 25 years, documenting nature and environment in both film and still pictures. Having worked in over 35 countries, he has produced over 40 films, shown in over 100 countries. His last film on Patagonia for the “Living Edens Series” was a finalist for an Emmy. His films for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, BBC have won numerous awards.

 His pictures have appeared in National Geographic, Geo, Nature’s Best, Smithsonian, Cemex Books and many others. As a marine biologist he worked extensively on Sea Otters and Manatee, resulting in several films and a book on each. Jeff is a past professional advisor to Outdoor Photographer Magazine. His work is marketed by Getty Images. Recently he sold his entire stock collection to Discovery Channel.

Visit Jeff at www.jfoottphotography.com

Steve Traudt models the notion that photography can be a life-enhancing skill. "Photographing lets me see and feel a part of the environment, whether a mountain or a tiny wildflower," says Steve Traudt. "This seeing leads to more awareness, enhancing the seeing yet more. The process is addictive!"

Raised in Nebraska, Traudt moved to Grand Junction in 1987 where he and wife, Fay Timmerman, operated Quilt Junction and Gallery 412 for 9 years. He teaches photography at Mesa State College, conducts photography workshops, is a certified scuba diver and a registered pharmacist. The Gallery featured visits by such notables as Galen Rowell and John Fielder. 

In a dusty attic at the age of 10, Traudt chanced upon some old darkroom items belonging to his father. He ordered fresh paper and chemicals from the Monkey Ward catalog and a lifelong interest was soon born. He's exhibited photographs in 26 states and 12 foreign countries; lectures locally and nationally and especially enjoys sharing his enthusiasm through teaching. Steve has led photo trips to such exotic locales as Costa Rica and The Galapagos. His magazine articles have appeared in various publications including Nature Photographer magazine. He's a member of The National Association of Photoshop Professionals and The Photographic Society of America from which he holds the honor of Associate.

Traudt calls his photographs Synergistic Visions. He explains synergism as the cooperative interaction of several elements to yield a superior result. For Traudt, photography is synergism of such elements as the brain, emotions, vision, film, lenses and the camera. Since photography is both art and craft, Traudt views this synergism as a marriage of left-brain and right-brain activities. "In today's world, we're in such a hurry; looking only straight ahead. I make photographs which cause the viewer to pause, even for a moment, and realize all the remarkable events in our world, awaiting discovery." Interested in a variety of subjects, his current work explores the form and texture of urban and natural landscapes. He is also exploring the use of panorama photography and calls these images, Wide-Scapes. His photographs are available in signed limited editions.

Visit Steve at www.synvis.com

Rory Tyler is a poet, musician, hiker, raconteur and is also one of Moab's leading guides and interpreters of rock art.  He not only finds new panels, but returns repeatedly to numerous sites to see for himself how they might work at the solstice and equinox as well as within the context of the surrounding landscape and attendant sites.  This attention to detail over time gives Rory a unique and thoughtful basis for his interpretation.  Rory works locally for Canyon Voyages Adventure Co., leading hikes.  He enjoys sharing his love of the land and encourages all people to show their respect for archaeological sites they many find.  He is an accomplished poet and uses the cowboy poetry genre as his form of expression.  Rory will lead you on an unforgettable hike.

Visit Rory at www.moabhappenings.com/Archives/hiking0606TheLook.htm

Bruce Hucko is the creator/director and cleanup crew for the Moab Photo Symposium.  He is a freelance photographer, author, children’s art coach and radio producer whose primary work focuses on the land and people’s relationship to it.  Hucko works in a broad range of styles that range from large-format fine art B&W and prints and 35mm color images of area landscapes to portraits of area residents. He specializes in photographing Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) Homesites and people in their natural environment. Hucko has completed documentary work among the Seri Indians of Mexico, Navajo rug weavers, and ranch families across the West. He's also photographed and produced interpretive slide shows for Arches NP, Organ Pipe Cactus NM, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance and the award-winning, 8-projector, 40-minute multi-media show the Canyon's Edge.

Hucko has photographed extensively among the Navajo, Hopi and Pueblo people and recently completed “A Gesture of Kinship,” a creative documentary project among the Navajo he first worked and lived with 20+ years ago. This exhibit is scheduled for the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis. He has photographed for 9 books on Southwest Indian Arts and Crafts, several calendars, magazines and special projects. His work among the Ancestral Puebloan people in large format B&W and Color has been exhibited widely. Hucko was the photographer for the book Cowboys and Cave Dwellers and the author and contributing photographer of Art on the Rocks by Sierra Press.  Seventeen books feature Hucko’s work including the recently released Dead Horse Point (KC Publications) and Time Among the Ancients: Rock Art & Ruins of the Colorado Plateau (Impact Photographics). Current projects include “Entrada,” a collaborative book of poetry and imagery with poet David Lee and “WaterSong,” a collection of images and sounds from Moab’s Millcreek.

Aside from photography Hucko enjoys hiking, whitewater rafting and a good red wine.  

Visit Bruce at www.brucehuckophoto.com

Rod Hanna has been a professional-level photographer for over 40 years, starting as a staff photographer at the Davenport (IA) Times-Democrat and later as chief photographer at the Topeka (KS) Capital-Journal.  Hanna moved to Steamboat Springs from Kansas City in 1975 after 12 years as a photojournalist and freelance photographer, including being the official photographer for the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals.  He then began a 25-year career as a marketing executive for the Steamboat Ski Resort---announcing his retirement as Senior Vice-President of Marketing in 2000.  In 2004, he became President & CEO of Sidney Peak Ranch---a high-end real estate development in Steamboat Springs---a position he still holds today.

Continuing to be active as a photographer over the years---including 10 years as official photographer for the Denver Broncos, his interest turned to travel, nature, and fine art photography.  During this time, he began to show his work in art galleries as time allowed from his business career.  Over the years, Rod's photographs have appeared in virtually every major magazine in the United States---including Sports Illustrated, People, National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, and Travel & Leisure. His photographs of games in the National Football League have appeared in numerous books published by the NFL, and in the DVD "America's Game---the Super Bowl Champions" about the 1970 Kansas City Chiefs.  In November 2007 he self-published his first book of his photographs, “Seasons of Light – Impressions of Steamboat Springs and the Yampa Valley.”  His second book, “Seasons of Gold,” is scheduled for publication in September, 2010. 

Visit Rod at www.rodhanna.com and if you are a football fan and want to see some good shots of Super Bowl I go here:  http://company.uspresswire.com/rodhanna.aspx.

A photography trip to Moab in 1986 was a life-changing event for me. I fell in love with the spectacular scenery of southeast Utah’s canyon country and the challenge of capturing on film the incredible light, land forms and remnants of ancient cultures. In 1989, I began conducting photo workshops to the area and in 1992 made Moab my permanent home.

I started the transition to digital in 2005 and the majority of my images have been made with Canon digital equipment since 2006.

In addition to workshops, I started self-publishing my photographs on greeting cards in 1989 through Ancient Images, a company I founded and operated for 20 years. I have been featured in two instructional photography videos, HIGH DESERT IMAGES and NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY. My photographs and/or photos with articles have been published in numerous photography magazines, on calendars, posters, cards, all types of promotional materials and used in local, national and international advertising.