Craig Varjabedian

There is a point where the veil opens, and an intuitive sense that what is being photographed is revealing something authentic and beautiful. It may only last for an instant. I want to capture that magical moment and show it to the world, because it may never reveal itself again.

– Craig Varjabedian

Craig Varjabedian’s memory of the day that inspired his passion for photography is as clear as the glacial waters of Lake Louise in his native Canada. Craig was seven years old and in awe of the majestic landscape around him. His mother encouraged him to peer into the viewfinder of the family’s Kodak camera for the first time and release the shutter. In that instant, he discovered the wonder of capturing a moment in time.

Later lured by the enigmatic vistas and people of the American West, Craig made Santa Fe, New Mexico, his home and found the artistic voice that is the hallmark of his fine art photography.

Craig’s passion is creating art that explores and expresses the truth of his experiences in intimate and luminous photographs. His images reflect a heart-felt connection to authenticity and beauty. The photographer plumbs the depths of black & white and the nuances of color to move viewers beyond the realm of simple print on paper. His forty-year devotion to making art and producing meticulously hand-crafted prints is evident in each photograph he makes. The results are images only a master in love with his art can divine.

“The remarkable photographs by Craig Varjabedian are not only beautiful but also extremely valuable documents of architecture, culture, and lifestyle,” wrote the late Beaumont Newhall, preeminent 20th-century photographic historian and author of History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present.

Through his award-winning work, exhibitions and publications, and his popular workshops, Craig reveals his truest passion: capturing the confluence of light, subject, and feeling in images to be appreciated forever.