Stephen Johnson is a landscape and 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 January 2025
Hills and Sky, Zabriskie Point. Death Valley National Park, CA. 2013..
Hills and Sky. Zabriskie Point. Death Valley. 2013.
So many iconic places have drawn me to them that I wonder if I can bring something new to the scenes. Zabriskie Point in Death Valley is certainly one of those places. Although I’ve made many photographs there over the years, I’m particularly proud of this one, it keeps coming back to my attention. I love it when the sky is integral to making the photograph work.
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 January 31. I'll be taking orders until then, and shipping them out by February 15, 2024. The image reverts to its normal price after that, $800 for an 11x14, $1500 for a 16x20 print.
ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPH January 2025
Sunrise, Zabriskie Point. Death Valley National Park. 2010
Sunrise, Zabriskie Point. Death Valley, CA 2010.
The layering of sky and land, the emerging pink and orange ti the blue pre-dan light, made me delighted to have made this photography. I am always looking to simplify the complex earth, these four layers of light, motion, space and hills did that for me.
Announcing the January 2025 Newsletter
Hello to my guests and subscribers. Thanks for opening my January 2025 newsletter announcement.
This month's View From Here column features photographs and thoughts from recent photo journeys, includes some thoughts on photographing in Death Valley and a video of Marion Patterson’s Gallery talks on December 7.
My current guest photographer series continues with Marion Patterson with her Intimate Landscapes exhibition.
The Gallery will be open most Saturdays in January from 11am to 4pm. Call to confirm 650 355-7507.
My next class is the two-day Image Editing class coming up January 11-12, 2025 followed by my Death Valley in Winter class January 28-31, 2025. January 7 is the deadline to register for Death Valley.
— Steve
Upcoming Speaking Events and Workshops
In the Galleries
Location: Stephen Johnson Photography. Pacifica Center for the Arts
Life Form and With a New Eye selections are currently on view.
Guest Photographer Exhibition Series
In line with the adage “do maximum good,” my gallery space is expanding its roster of exhibiting artists. I am inaugurating a Guest Photographer Exhibition Series in July for six-week runs of photographers whose work I admire and want the public to see.
Marion Patterson: Intimate Landscapes
Marion Patterson’s Intimate Landscapes exhibition will be on display November 24 to December 31 with her Opening Reception on December 7 from 1 to 4pm.
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After a few years of working intensely on my Urban Eden Golden Gate Park project, I am excited to offer a two-day photographic workshop in this complex and beautiful landscape. Now 150 years old, this park symbolizes parkland engineering and the earth itself taking its own course of life and fecundity. The park will be explored over two days with a blend of photographic opportunity, assistance, and my growing knowledge of its own back woods. This springtime weekday workshop will avoid some of the weekend crowds.