Michael_E_Gordon
Michael E. Gordon is an award-winning fine art landscape photographer best known for his black and white Desert work which, says Broughton Quarterly, portrays “stunning ethereal beauty from terrain where others see only a bleak landscape.” A lifelong student of nature and wilderness, Michael’s intimate relationship with the natural world yields quiet images of depth and discovery.
Michael’s photographs have been published in and on the covers of numerous magazines, web publications, calendars, textbooks, and music CD’s. His fine art prints are held internationally in the private collections of the United States Embassy, Kaiser Permanente; Milken Family Foundation; The Wilderness Society, and many others. Publications and clients include Arte Fotográfico, On Landscape, Backpacker magazine; View Camera magazine; Rangefinder magazine; Broughton Quarterly; Pew Charitable Trusts; T-Mobile; Defenders magazine (Defenders of Wildlife); The Wilderness Society; Campaign for America’s Wilderness; USDA Forest Service; Brooks/Cole, and many more. Awards and recognition include International Photography Awards, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, and Black & White Spider Awards.
Michael’s photographs have been instrumental in the campaigns of The Wilderness Society, Campaign for America’s Wilderness, and National Parks Conservation Association and have helped to shape wildfire management and solar energy policies, and to advance federal Wilderness designation and expansion.
Michael owns and operates Death Valley Photo Tours - Death Valley National Park’s leading photo tour company - and Great Printer Profiles, the leading provider of custom printer profiles for photographers and print makers. He annually leads numerous photo workshops and tours for photographers of all levels, is co-founder of Visionary Photography Workshops, and teaches for The Los Angeles Center of Photography. He lives in Lakewood, California, with his wife Shauna, and their menagerie of rescued animals.