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I'm an adventure, landscape, and documentary photographer and writer based in Hailey, next to Sun Valley, Idaho. I go where the story is, usually far from the road: multi-day wilderness river trips, ski traverses, winter camps, and ice climbs. I can deliver the photographs and the words.
What I shoot
- RiversWhitewater rafting and kayaking on multi-day wilderness trips: the Middle Fork, Main, South Fork and Lower Salmon, the Owyhee, Bruneau, and Green.
- Snow & iceBackcountry skiing, ski mountaineering, hut trips and winter camping in Idaho, Alaska, Montana and British Columbia; ice climbing in Yellowstone.
- Public landsNational parks and wilderness stories: Kenai Fjords, Yellowstone, Olympic, Craters of the Moon, the Frank Church and Sawtooth wildernesses.
- EnvironmentGlacial retreat, wildfire, the 2023 Middle Fork Salmon blowouts, dark skies.
- DocumentaryRanching and rural life in the West, the abandoned roadside West, outdoor education.
- PeopleAthletes in action and environmental portraits, on location with natural and off-camera light.
Credentials
- PublishedNational Parks Magazine, Outside Online, Powder, Backcountry, Backpacker, Patagonia, AIRE, Sun Valley Magazine, Sotheby's, Brides. See tearsheets.
- CoversNational Parks Magazine, Spring 2025 (Yellowstone ice climbing). AIRE catalog, front and back.
- AwardsNATJA Illustrated Story: second place, “Chasing the Ice,” and bronze, Kenai Fjords ski story (both National Parks Magazine). National Magazine Awards finalist, Lifestyle Story. Featured photograph on the 2011 National Geographic Photo Contest home page.
- LogisticsMinutes from Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN) with Delta, United and Alaska connections. Current passport. Experienced river runner and backcountry skier who can carry a full kit for days.
- GearSony Alpha mirrorless system; medium format film and 4x5 for fine art.
Licensing
Every photograph on this site, and a much larger archive, can be licensed for editorial, advertising, and commercial use. Send the image name or page link, where and how it will run (publication, placement, size, print run or audience, territory, and dates), and I'll reply with terms and a quote. High-resolution files are delivered digitally.
All photographs © Craig Wolfrom. All rights reserved. No use without a written license.