honorable mention
Kevin Bacher united states
title
Off Season
I photographed Katlyn Lacoste in Mount Rainier National Park in March 2022.
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entry description
In wilderness, we reclaim our place in the natural world, free and unfettered by modern society. These refuges of wildness, though, are dwindling. This is bad news for the plants and animals that depend on them for their existence, but also for we humans who rely on them to sustain our spirit. As less and less of our planet remains untouched by paved roads and concession stands, sometimes one simply has to make do with a tourist park in the off season.I photographed Katlyn Lacoste in Mount Rainier National Park in March 2022.
about the photographer
I've been making photographs since 1986, when I spent a summer working at Grand Canyon National Park and my grandfather gifted me his trusty Pentax K1000. When my son was born in 1998, I fell in love with the challenge of portrait photography. There's a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson that describes it well: "The soul in man is not an organ... but a light... From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all." My task as a photographer is to capture light in the form of digital pixels; but my task as an artist is to capture a glimpse of the soul shining through. About a decade ago, I started focusing on figure photography, mostly in nature, with themes of reconnecting with that part of us that is natural and wild. My work also strives to represent diversity in all forms, and to represent the beautiful diversity of human experience. My photos have been exhibited in galleries and festivals throughout the United States and Europe.back to gallery
