Lewis Kemper has been photographing the natural beauty of North America, and it’s parklands for over 25 years. During his extensive travels, he has been to 47 states from Alaska to Florida. His work has been exhibited and published in magazines, books, and calendars worldwide.
Before moving west, he received a BA in Fine Art Photography from the George Washington University in 1976. The grandeur of the west beckoned and Lewis moved to Yosemite National Park, where he lived for 11 years. From 1978 until 1980, he worked at The Ansel Adams Gallery. Working at the gallery gave him the opportunity to meet, observe and learn from some of the greatest photographers of our time. “The experience of working at The Ansel Adams Gallery was very influential in my development as a photographer”, he states.
Lewis photographs in color using 35mm and 4 x 5 cameras. He is also working with digital imaging on his Apple computer to create new work. Lewis Kemper has his work represented by Getty Images, Stock Imagery, DRK Photo, and Superstock. His work has been sold for editorial and commercial uses in over 16 different countries ranging from national ads to book covers. He has been selected to Canon’s Explorers of Light program featuring 70 of the country’s most well known photographers.
Kemper’s photographs are in many private collections as well as in the permanent collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art and Kaiser Permanente. His work has been shown nationally in galleries and museums. Some of these include: The Frederick S. Wight Gallery, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Cornell Museum, The Princeton Gallery of Fine Art, The Popular Photography Gallery, The Ansel Adams Gallery, Photographer’s Gallery and the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center. He prints his own archival Ultrachrome inkjet prints using the finest materials available.
Lewis teaches photography for many organizations including Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Santa Fe Workshops and Betterphoto.com. He is the author of The Yosemite Photographer’s Handbook, and The Yellowstone Photographer’s Handbook. He was the photographer for , Ancient Ancestors of the Southwest, published by Graphic Arts Center Publishing. His work has been published in numerous books including publications by The Sierra Club, The National Geographic Society, Little and Brown, APA Insight Guides, Prentice Hall, and Hyperion Books. His pictures have appeared in calendars published by Audubon, The Sierra Club, The Mono Lake Coalition, Self Realization Foundation, Golden Turtle Press, The Sierra Press, Day Dream Calendars, Avalanche Publishing, Browntrout, The Nature Conservancy, Tide-Mark Press and others. His work has appeared in magazines that include: Backpacker, Women’s Sports and Fitness, The Walking Magazine, Sierra, Motorland, Terre Sauvage, Environmental Protection Magazine, National Wildlife, National Geographic Traveler, American Photographer, View Camera, PC Photo, Camera Arts, Shutterbug, and Outdoor Photographer. Currently Lewis is a contributing editor to Outdoor Photographer and PC Photo.
Samples of his work and more information can be found at LewisKemper.com.
