Tag: Photography
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Colorado photographers offer tips and places for fall colors
Matt Payne is a fifth-generation Colorado native who knows very well the beauty of this state. He knows, having climbed the state’s highest 100 peaks between 2008 and 2018. That’s when he got serious about photography, inspiring his full-time profession today. Nothing inspires him quite like fall. “It’s far and away my favorite time,” says…
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Johanna Maria Fritz Receives 11th Annual Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award
German photographer’s portfolio covers life and loss at a Sudanese hospital WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — This morning the International Women’s Media Foundation announced Johanna Maria Fritz as the 2025 recipient of the IWMF Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, which recognizes extraordinary bravery and dedication while reporting. Fritz’s winning portfolio captures life inside…
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Photo gallery: Admiring Colorado’s wildflowers in places famous and foreign
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Where the masses continued toward one of Colorado’s most iconic scenes, the Maroon Bells, Christian Murdock veered off for an unfamiliar road. There, near Aspen, The Gazette’s photo editor drove up Castle Creek. “I’d probably driven by that turnoff a million times,” Murdock said, reflecting…
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New exhibit honors Colorado’s plains and late, great nature photographer
Another exhibit has debuted in celebration of Colorado’s most famous nature photographer. John Fielder’s work across the state’s eastern plains is now on display in the John Fielder Mezzanine Gallery at the History Colorado Center in downtown Denver. The exhibit is called “Horizon: On the Plains with John Fielder.” The panoramic spread of large prints…
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Meet Colorado’s ‘storm doctor,’ who chases tornadoes and prepares for medical emergencies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During the spring, as thunderclouds form and twisters charge across the Kansas plains, you can find Dr. Jason Persoff in his 2014 Kia Sorento. With him, an iPad and ham radio. He’s chasing tornadoes, his springtime hobby for the past 25 years. When the chill…
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‘Just explore’: One woman’s journey in Colorado high-altitude wildlife photography
At the start of November, Rocky Mountain National Park saw its first big snowfall. The fluffy, white powder coated the meadows several inches deep and lakes turned to an icy slush. Dawn Wilson, with her camera attached to her hip, woke up early on this cold morning to guide another photographer around the park. Today,…
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Historic trains and fall colors: A match made in Colorado heaven
Come fall in Colorado, many of us drive among the golden aspen trees. Others get out to hike. And others heed a certain, loud whistle that echoes through the forests, through time, along with a certain call: “All aboard!” For their annual showcase of the season, Gazette photographers took to Colorado’s historic train tracks —…
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The gift of Colorado winter, as found in picture frames
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There was a time in Colorado when most dreaded winter. When ranchers and those living in the emerging cities of Denver and Colorado Springs prayed against the cold and the snow. These were times before resorts rose to popularize downhill skiing. Times before Winter Park, for example — indeed a playground envisioned by Denver leaders…
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For Colorado’s autumn glory, we can always count on Gazette photographers
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Ooooh, look at that,” Gazette photo editor Christian Murdock remarked as the road crested to reveal an image in the distance: fresh snow coating the Collegiate Peaks. Snow, he knew, would be a great complement to Colorado’s classic, autumn color. So it was on Cottonwood…