DAVID RYAN TAYLOR

Artist Bio

David Ryan Taylor is an internationally awarded and published fine art photographer, based in Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Valley. Born and raised in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, this entirely self-taught photographer moved to Alaska in 2006, to push his photography to the extreme. In this land of superlatives, David Ryan Taylor has become an internationally renowned photographer, known for the incredible drama in his grand landscapes, the emotional impact of his environmental wildlife portraits, and for the subtle and contemplative nature of his abstract art work. He personally crafts his own fine art prints, which have made their way into numerous private and corporate collections throughout Alaska and across the United States. David Ryan Taylor is dedicated to increasing the appreciation for wild lands & wild life through photography.

In 2013, David Ryan Taylor’s panoramic images won four awards at the Epson International Pano Awards.

Artist Story

I first visited Alaska several years ago. It was September, and of the 16 days I spent here, I saw only two days without rain. I moved to Alaska permanently the next year. That classifies me as either crazy or entranced by this amazing land. I think it may be equal parts of both.

Alaska is a never ending, always changing, ever evolving canvas. It is a canvas that I simply can not take my eyes off of. I started strictly as a landscape photographer. But in Alaska, I couldn’t help but broaden my focus into the varied wildlife of this great land.

2014 is the 10th year that I have photographed strictly within Alaska. I’ve been on the wrong side of several bull moose charges, gotten horrid-smelling salt water sprayed on my camera gear by a humpback whale that came in for a ‘closer look’, and I’ve knelt within 18 inches of an 800 pound brown bear on the Katmai Coast.

I’ve photographed the aurora borealis in temperatures that dove below -50, stood atop incredible mountains and looked at the next with lust, dangled in the claustrophobic spaces of glacial crevasses, and crossed bone-numbingly cold streams in deep rocky gorges.

Artist Statement

Throughout my travels, I’ve witnessed grander scenes than even a grand dreamer could dream. This timeless land continues to shape me. The creative spirit continues to guide me, fleeting moments of harmony continue to inspire me. Persona