JEFF JONES – wilderness landscape photographer

Jeff Jones’s keen understanding of the natural world, coupled with decades of experience in remote backcountry and wilderness areas, form the foundation for his exceptional landscape photography. His works—from sweeping panoramic vistas to intimate, abstract studies of nature’s elemental forms—reveal his respect for and endless fascination with landscapes ranging from the stark to the sublime. By seeing the world anew through the camera’s lens and by refining his photographic craft through the use of digital technologies, Jones provides us with images at once exquisitely envisioned and beautifully rendered

Jones began his outdoor photography more than two decades ago. Since that time, he has created significant bodies of work related to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and California's Sierra Nevada. With a primary focus on wilderness areas and shared public lands, he also has photographed a number of national parks including Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon. His traveling exhibitions include “A Wilderness Worth Saving,” “Future of Sequoias: Sustaining Parklands in the 21st Century,” and “Intimate Thoughts: Impressions of the Natural World.”

An active environmentalist, Jones follows in the American tradition of raising public awareness of wilderness through art. Jones's work is shown in traveling fine art and environmental advocacy exhibitions and at galleries and museums. It is also part of private collections in Santa Fe, NM, Minneapolis, MN, Fairbanks, AK, and in Santa Barbara, CA—his home base. His work has supported numerous art and environmental organizations including the Alaska Coalition, Alaska Wilderness League, and the Northern Alaska Environmental Center in Fairbanks; Santa Barbara's Community Environmental Council and its Environmental Defense Center; the Murie Center; Wildling Art Museum; Sequoia Parks Foundation; and the Sierra Club.