ABOUT TAYLOR

I'm Taylor Duncan, a landscape photographer based in Bend, Oregon, originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photography found me through a love of travel and the outdoors, and attending Oregon State University planted me squarely in the Pacific Northwest, closer to mountains, wilderness, and landscapes I'd never had access to growing up in the Midwest. Everything I know behind the camera is self-taught, built through years of time in the field and learning from photographers I deeply respect.

My work has taken me across the American West and far beyond: national parks, Hawaii, Canada, Perú, Kenya, Ethiopia, Alaska, Iceland, and Patagonia. Each place has added something to how I see. Next on the list: Chile, New Zealand, Namibia, Norway, and Nepal.

What started as a desire to inspire people to get outside has evolved into something more urgent. After witnessing the toll of over-tourism and environmental change firsthand, most viscerally on a 2022 rafting trip through the Tatshenshini and Alsek River valleys where the retreat of glaciers was impossible to ignore, conservation and climate awareness became central to my work. I photograph these places because I believe that connection precedes protection.

I'm committed to honest imagery. I edit to enhance, not fabricate. No sky replacements, no heavy composites. What you see is as close to what I witnessed as I can make it. That authenticity is something I learned from photographers I admire, like Alex Noriega and Marc Adamus, and from my uncle, documentary filmmaker Chip Duncan, whose influence runs throughout everything I do.

I shoot on Sony, with a DJI Mavic 4 Pro for aerial work, and my images have been recognized with a Gold award from the Epson International Pano Awards and 3rd place in the Professional Panoramic category at the Fine Art Photography Awards.

I'm always chasing the next composition, and hoping that somewhere along the way, these images make people care a little more about the world we share.