Richard Wong - Fine Art Landscape & Nature Photographer

Richard Wong Photographer - Photo by Christopher Michel
Richard Wong Photographer - Photo by Christopher Michel

A California native, I was born and raised in Southern California. My eventual photographic interests were shaped at an early age by family trips along the California Coast and to the Canadian Rockies. Though I had always enjoyed looking at landscape photography I didn’t take an interest in photography until in college. Prior to then I had always thought of photography as “boring” studio portrait sessions and wedding photography. A few years later, I discovered the works of Galen Rowell through a copy of Outdoor Photographer magazine that my cousin had brought along on a road trip. That inspired me to pursue photography as a lifestyle. Things came full circle several years later when Outdoor Photographer asked me to write and illustrate an article for their magazine. I've since spent a significant portion of my adult life pursuing the art of photography. Though I started off shooting with print and slide film, I purchased my first digital camera in 2001 (much earlier than most current photographers) and now work exclusively in that medium. The amount of detail that can be reproduced from digital files is unrivaled. In 2021, I added a drone to my toolbox for aerial photography and am FAA certified. I currently live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my wife and two young children.

Photo Licensing Info & Fees: My photos are registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Most photos are available for licensing on a rights-managed basis priced for fair market value based on the usage. I do not respond to free image requests so only serious licensing inquiries please. If you feel a need to use images then the photos have value. Photography helps me to pay my bills so I do not work for free. Please contact me for licensing fees.

Print buyers include private collectors for home decor, corporate fine art buyers and art consultants for architectural design jobs. I have also been a featured guest speaker for the Sierra Club (Los Angeles, and San Diego Photo Section), camera clubs (Contra Costa, Peninsula and Redlands) and Nature Photographers Network.

Richard Wong, Photographer

Highlights:

Artist Statement:

Nature photography is more than just pretty pictures to me. Early on, photography became a creative outlet for me to express myself as I struggled to find my way in the world following college while also helping me to cope with my dad’s terminal illness. While my landscape and nature photography might sometimes look beautiful, it is rarely my intent to showcase beauty for beauty’s sake. Most of my favorite California and Canada photographs seek to relive specific memories and feelings from my youth. I hope that my artwork can bring similar joy to your life as it has mine.

Backlit Panoramic Wall Mural in Corporate Office Kitchen, Berkeley, California
Backlit Panoramic Wall Mural in Corporate Office Kitchen, Berkeley, California
Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve
Simpson-Reed Trail
Toddler With Camera
VIA Magazine Cover
Budget Travel Magazine Cover
57° Magazine - Napa Valley Cover Photo
Sierra Heritage Magazine Cover
Gardens Calendar Cover
Oregon Guidebook Cover Photo
St. Louis Hiking Guide Cover
Chinese American Literature Book Cover
San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District Annual Report Cover
CalTrout Brochure Cover
National Geographic - Quebec City
Visit California - Santa Monica Mountains
Visit California - Wind Wolves Preserve
Visit California - UC Berkeley Botanical Garden
Visit California - Salt Point State Park
Visit California - Huntington Gardens
Vogue - Pasadena City Hall
BBC Earth
BBC Earth - Mount San Jacinto
Four Seasons - Santa Monica Mountains
Conde Nast Traveler - Whoa Nellie Deli
CBS News - Pioneer Cabin Tree
Men's Journal - Best Cycling Roads
Subaru - Bonneville Fish Hatchery
Smithsonian - Condor Trail
Vogue - Oregon Coast
CN Traveler - Stanley Hotel
Forbes - Riverside
Conde Nast Traveler - Columbia Icefields
Travel + Leisure - Granville Island
Backroads - Camino de Santiago
CNN Travelers - Richmond Buddhist Temple
AARP - Anza Borrego
SF Gate - Instagrammers
Westjet Magazine - Salvation Mountain
Hotels - Willits
Bay Nature Magazine - Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary Photo By Richard Wong
Downtown Decorah Tourism
New Mexico Magazine - Veterans Memorial

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