Craig Blacklock

Craig Blacklock was exposed to the art of photography at an early age. Oftentimes Craig’s father, pioneering nature color photographer, Les Blacklock, would take Craig on photographic expeditions. On these journeys, Craig and Les would capture images, hand in hand.

Craig’s love of these early childhood experiences led to his decision to make photography a career. Initially, following in his father’s footsteps, Craig went to the American West to photograph mountain scenery and wildlife. Craig continued on this route until the 1980’s when he began concentrating on the Lake Superior region, which to this day, continues to be his primary source of subjects.

Working with his father or former spouse, Nadine, Craig has photographed numerous books about this region including the award winning The Lake Superior Images. Many of Craig’s other books have won awards including the Lake Superior Magazine Achievement Award, the National Publishers Freedom Award and numerous others.

Craig is able to capture such crisp photographs for his books by recording his photographs on 4x5 inch or 6x7 centimeter transparency film. He then scans the transparencies and creates his photographs using a printer utilizing watercolor based archival inks on Fine Art Paper with hand-torn edges.

This complicated process, the giclee print, produces a finished print that will last for generations.

As ardent conservationists, Craig and his family founded the Blacklock Nature Sanctuary, a nonprofit organization formed to maintain land in a natural state and provide a residency program for artists. Craig hopes that his images of beauty and tranquility of nature will inspire people to protect the finest landscapes of the region (especially the Lake Superior Region) from further residential development.

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Learn more about Craig Blacklock at www.blacklockgallery.com