Robert Glenn Ketchum
author · photographer
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]
- environmental conservation
- landscape photography
- national parks
- color printmaking
Books
Works by Robert Glenn Ketchum
- 1981 American Photographers and the National Parks Catalog of the exhibition.
- 1986 The Tongass: Alaska's Vanishing Rain Forest
- 1985 The Hudson River and the Highlands
- Overlooked in America: The Success and Failure of Federal Land Management
- Clearcut: The Tragedy of Industrial Forestry
- Northwest Passage
- 2001 Rivers of Life: Southwest Alaska, The Last Great Salmon Fishery
- 2003 Wood-Tikchik: Alaska's Largest State Park
- 1993 The Legacy of Wildness: The Photographs of Robert Glenn Ketchum
- 1999 Threads of Light: Chinese Embroidery From Suzhou and the Photography of Robert Glenn Ketchum
- 2006 Regarding the Land: Robert Glenn Ketchum and the Legacy of Eliot Porter
Exhibitions
- 1981 American Photographers and the National Parks
Awards
- 2010 Partners in Conservation Award
- Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography
- 2001 Outstanding Photographer of the Year