Into the valley of Death

• Prize
• Photographer
  Jack Curran, United States
• Studio
  Jack Curran Photography
• Website
  http://jackcurranphotography.com

I went to Death Valley in May fully expecting to burn in the Sun
and get wonderful high-contrast, highly textured and rippled
dunes photographs. What actually transpired was three days of
overcast skies, extremely high winds and the occasional
thunderstorm.

• Biography
  You might say there was a natural collision of circumstances between Jack’s nearly lifelong love of nature, and that of photography. His wondrous journey into nature began when he attended an Outward Bound month-long wilderness course at age 16. At 18, (just over 40 years ago) he picked up his first camera, developed his first B&W print in the darkroom and quickly put his two passions together. In recent years Jack’s photography has been exhibited in Paris, Athens, Berlin, Moscow, and Malaga Spain and domestically in the US and published internationally.
• Awards
  Jack has been internationally awarded, having won Gold or 1st place in IPA, PX3, ND Awards, Moscow International Foto Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards, International Gala/Pollux Awards, Black and White Spider Awards and Black and White Photography Magazines Portfolio Awards. Most recently in 2018, Jack was voted the #2 Black and White photographer globally by One Eyeland.