KRISTA ROSSOW PHOTOGRAPHY

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Around the World from the Editing Desk

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Now In Bookstores: Always Ireland

I have to admit that it has been a while since I’ve shared here. The pandemic disrupted my life in many ways but also opened possibilities with other aspirations, like starting a flower farm (more on that later). But over the last few years, in between learning how tough flower farming can be, I’ve been working on some book projects for National Geographic, one of which was published last month.…

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Holiday Print Sale

Give the gift of a fine art photograph this holiday season. My Holiday Print Sale is happening now!

Every year around the holidays I’ve wished that I had a Print Gallery available. And every year I haven’t had the time to put it together, until now (another pandemic silver lining?). I’ve gathered 50 of my favorite images from past assignments and travels as well as some recent images made closer to home in National Parks and on our beautiful public lands. Of course, if there is an image of…

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Portrait Work for NPR

Portrait Work for NPR

Recently I was hired to make portraits of Heather Wilcox-Nicholls for an NPR All Things Considered story reported by Alina Selyukh. The focus was on women working in retail whose employment has been hit particularly hard by Covid-19. I connected with Wilcox-Nicholls because neither of us has been immune from economic damage during the pandemic. In a strange twist of irony, my work as a travel…

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South Georgia On My Mind

South Georgia On My Mind

One morning on a faraway beach, I stared into the big, dark eyes of a stranger and fell in love on South Georgia Island.

In this case, those eyes belonged to a southern elephant seal pup who had lumbered up near me, all 250 pounds. The pup, known as a weaner for having been recently weaned from its mother, looked at me with pure innocence and curiosity.

Elephant seal pups loll about in the “baby…

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Baby Animals: Take a Time Out for Cuteness

My glamorous, jet-setting career of being a travel photographer has suddenly become not so alluring during this Covid-19 pandemic! All of the contracts and gigs I had lined up for spring have been canceled and I’m stuck at home for the foreseeable future.

Luckily, my silver lining is that I’ve had more time to dig through my archives and marvel at all the amazing places I’ve been. I find the most…

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Krista Rossow Receives NATJA Gold Award

Krista Rossow wins a Gold Award for the Golden Border: Morocco in National Geographic Traveler Magazine

I’m happy to announce that I’m part of the photographic team behind the Morocco story for National Geographic Traveler magazine that won an Arts & Culture Gold Award in the 28th Annual Travel Media Awards Competition put on by NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association). The article ran in the August/September 2019 issue of the magazine.

I wanted to also congratulate my friend and…

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Krista Rossow Speaking at OPTIC West in San Francisco

On March 22-23, join Krista Rossow and other amazing photographers who are speaking at OPTIC West, a free event being held in San Francisco. #OPTIC2020

Lindblad Expeditions and B&H Photo Video have been partnering to bring the photo event OPTIC to New York City for the past five years. I had the privilege of participating in the 2016 events (you can see the program archive here). This year they are branching out to the West Coast and hosting the first OPTIC West in San Francisco from March 22nd-23rd, 2020.

Please join me and keynote speakers Art…

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Travel with Me in 2020

Upcoming Expeditions & Workshops: Travel with Me in 2020

I’ve been enjoying the last few months at home, a much-needed respite after spending 199 days on the road last year. That being said, wanderlust already has me looking at my 2020-21 calendar.

I am excited to share my upcoming trips, which I hope you’ll join me on! You can always find my teaching travel schedule on my website, but here is the run-down.

Joining Lindblad Expeditions trips as the Nat…

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In Bookstores: 100 Hikes of a Lifetime

My latest photo editing project for National Geographic! In Bookstores: 100 Hikes of a Lifetime

A few weeks ago I received a package in the mail from National Geographic. I hadn’t been expecting anything, but then it hit me…its the book!

Finally, my very own copy of the 100 Hikes of a Lifetimebook, which I photo edited over the course of a year’s time, had arrived. The task of photo editing a book for mass publication is such a long process that by the time my role had ended in August of…

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Now Online: Whistler for Nat Geo Travel

In June I had the opportunity to photograph Whistler, British Columbia, for an online feature for National Geographic Travel and Destination Canada. I spent a busy, beautiful week photographing in Whistler, which was made all the more rewarding by being teamed up with illustrator and animator Rachel Ryle and producer Carmen Kerr of Storm Films. Rachel kept us laughing, Carmen kept us on schedule,…

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Shiny Happy Asheville

On Assignment: Shiny Happy Asheville

I was first wooed by Asheville, North Carolina when I went to a friend’s wedding there in 2015. A year after, I fully fell for Asheville while on assignment there shooting a feature story for National Geographic Travelermagazine. What had resonated with me the most was the people. Whether they were native North Carolinians, visitors, or recent transplants, everyone loved the gem of a city tucked…

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In Bookstores: 100 Dives of a Lifetime

In Bookstores: 100 Dives of a Lifetime for National Geographic

For all of you lovers of the underwater world, I’m pleased to share that a book I photo edited for National Geographic on the world’s best scuba diving locations is now in bookstores! 100 Dives of a Lifetime is written by Carrie Miller, a friend and colleague I last collaborated with on a project for Tourism New Zealand.

While photo editing over the course of a year on this title, my eyes feasted…

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Return to the Rainforest

Return to the Rainforest: Reflections on the Peruvian Amazon

If I’m being honest, I didn’t want to go on this trip. I was deep into a homebody rut after four months at home. And I had other projects in the works that I was hesitant to set aside for two weeks while I didn’t have any internet connection in the jungle. 

For me it is typical before every trip, even the ones I’m most excited about, to have a little freakout where I’m mentally kicking and…

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Mandela in the Mother City

Nelson Mandela's Cape Town history: Mandela in the Mother City http://wp.me/p3NDPK-7x #madiba

Full disclosure: although I’ve just virtually arrived in Cape Town, my visit there has physically ended and I’m now in Oregon.

The entire time I was in South Africa I was keenly aware that Nelson Mandela could pass away at any time; many thought he already had. Ever since his death on the 5th, I’ve been wishing I was in South Africa to feel the energy and see the celebrations that are sending…

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The Shape of Ice

The Shape of Ice

I’m very belated in sharing about my trip to Antarctica (which I took last year…in January), but I realize that I’m right on time in keeping with one of my New Year’s resolutions from 2018 which is to return to Antarctica. I’m pleased to share that in November of 2019 I’ll be the National Geographic Expert on the Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falklandsitinerary with National…

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Patagonian Dreams

Once upon a time, I flew south in the springtime to find autumn in the Austral lands. I boarded a ship named Orion that took me through turbulent channels and calm coves on an expedition of wonder. I was enchanted by gnarled forests of windswept beech trees and lighthouses dangling over the ends of the earth. I was charmed by orchestras of elephant seals. I felt wind and mud in my face as I…

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