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 — to 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 3 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.