Stephen Johnson is a landscape/natural world photographer, and author who photographs and teaches with great passion, and an educator leading photographic workshop experiences of high craft for four decades.

 

FEATURED PRINT July 2025

Stick Elk. Boulder, Utah. 2020

Straw Elk. Boulder, Utah. 2020.

I ran across these wonderful sculptures driving through Utah in 2020, on my way from Capitol Reef to Escalante. They were staged as a nature walk as though strolling through an interpretive display. I recently learned they were constructed and ritually burned as part of a ceremony some time after I wandered among them. They were the work of sculptor Joe Pachak of Bluff, Utah. From the moment I saw them. I knew these creatures were clearly going to be part of my Western Artifacts Series.

I’m offering a 14-inch-wide print of this photograph for $195. Larger prints can be ordered. This print at this price is offered through July 31. I'll be taking orders until then, and shipping them out by August 15, 2024. The image reverts to its normal price after that, $800 for an 11x14, $1500 for a 16x20 print.


NEW PHOTOGRAPH July 2025

Purisma Creek Redwoods. 2025.

Purisma Creek Redwoods. 2025

A stroll through one of my favorite parks along the coast led to a “green” creek.


Announcing the July 2025 Newsletter

This month's View From Here explores the premiere of my new Western Artifacts exhibition, the loss of my photographer and software hero friend Bill Atkinson, and of course, the Studio closing,

The Western Artitfacts Opening is Saturday July 12, 2-5pm. Please join us.

Dinosaurs. Banning, CA . 1987.

The preview of my Urban Eden Golden Gate Park work remains up at least through August Come see this first showing of my most recent project.

The Gallery is open most Saturdays 2-5pm, when I am here working, and by appointment. Call or email to set up a time to visit 650 355-7507.

My Highway One Coastal Workshop is July 26-27. Join us for the great coastal explore. Upcoming Studio classes are Image Editing Two Day Intensive Sept. 6-7, 2025 and the Masterful Fine Art Digital Photography Printing Class Sept. 27-30, 2025.

— Steve


Upcoming Speaking Events and Workshops


In the Galleries

Location: Stephen Johnson Photography. Pacifica Center for the Arts

Current Featured Exhibition

Western Artifacts Exhibition Opening

Come Join us: Saturday, July 12, 2025 2–5pm 

Marlboro Man. Lone Pine, CA 1983

I am very pleased to be presenting for the first time, a collection of my Western Artifactsseries this summer of 2025. The series began in 1982 with the photograph of a Truck Stop Sign in Winnemucca, Nevada. I realized later that I had been noticing these strange and telling landmarks throughout my travels around the American West. Simultaneously both symbols and relics, I was intrigued by how the American West saw itself, drew people to its attractions, protested, left things behind and reached for the completely improbable. It seems almost every site I run across suggests another line of thought

Western Artifacts installation. Stephen Johnson Photography. Pacifica Center for the Arts. 2025.


Life Form and With a New Eye selections are currently on view.

Life Form and With a New Eye selections are currently on view. Stephen Johnson Photography.

There are always new prints available to see in the gallery, from the Hale Telescope, to the Golden Gate Park Project, to the evolving Animal Series and new selections in the discounted print bins. Selections from With a New Eye remain up.

Current Exhibitions

The current exhibitions in the gallery include my Golden Gate Park project preview. Continuing in the gallery are my Life Form exhibition and With a New Eye selections.

Visiting the Gallery

My galleries and studio are generally open by appointment, but I am often there 10am–5pm on weekdays. Write to inquire or call 650 355-7507 to schedule an appointment.

I hope you can come by the gallery and see the original prints in the Life Form Gallery and its Life Form Portfolio. I invite you to join me on a workshop, rent lab space, or just say hello and let me know what you are up to photographically and what you might like to see me offer. I value your input.



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