Robert Glenn Ketchum is an American photographer and author known for his work in environmental advocacy and contemporary color photography. He pioneered Cibachrome color printmaking in the early 1970s and has been a significant figure in conservation photography, serving as a Founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers. His work often focuses on national parks and wilderness areas, including Alaska's Tongass National Forest and Southwest Alaska. Ketchum served as Curator of Photography for the National Park Foundation for 15 years. He has received numerous awards, including the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography and the Partners in Conservation Award from the Secretary of the Interior.[1,2]
American Photographers and the National Parks1981 · Viking Press / National Park Foundation · book · EnglishISBN 0960341013Catalog of the exhibition.
The Tongass: Alaska's Vanishing Rain Forest1986 · Aperture · book · English
The Hudson River and the Highlands1985 · Aperture · book · English
Overlooked in America: The Success and Failure of Federal Land Managementbook · English
Clearcut: The Tragedy of Industrial Forestrybook · English
Northwest Passagebook · English
Rivers of Life: Southwest Alaska, The Last Great Salmon Fishery2001 · Aperture · book · English
Wood-Tikchik: Alaska's Largest State Park2003 · Aperture · book · English
The Legacy of Wildness: The Photographs of Robert Glenn Ketchum1993 · Aperture · book · English
Threads of Light: Chinese Embroidery From Suzhou and the Photography of Robert Glenn Ketchum1999 · UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History · book · English
Regarding the Land: Robert Glenn Ketchum and the Legacy of Eliot Porter2006 · Amon Carter Museum · book · English
Exhibitions
1981American Photographers and the National Parksgroup
Awards
2010Partners in Conservation AwardSecretary of the Interior
Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography
2001Outstanding Photographer of the YearNorth American Nature Photography Association
