Tom Reed is a wilderness photographer based in Fort Bragg on the Mendocino Coast of Northern California. While his art is nature photography in general, he specializes in black and white landscape photography, especially mountain photography, which he exhibits as fine art. In recent years Tom has been focused on creating portraits of granite towers in Patagonia, Argentina, especially Cerro Torre and Fitz Roy, a.k.a. “El Chaltén,” for his new book, “The Granite Avatars of Patagonia,” but you will also find canyon photography, Alaska photography, and a shot of Half Dome of Yosemite as well as few of the sea. view photography purchase photographs book: "The Granite Avatars of Patagonia" poster artist biography new: blog schedule of exhibits and book events e-mail tom "My art is black and white photography, inspired by many, but especially by the photographs of Ansel Adams, the plein air paintings of the Sierras by Edgar Payne, the wilderness paintings of the Hudson River School, and the deep understanding of aesthetics by Dr. Shozo Sato, a master of the fine arts of Japan.  The subject is often dramatic mountain peaks, but you will find more than mountain photography. I am also moved by forests, canyons, and waves of the wild ocean. All are natural compositions.  The medium is digital, each photograph bears my personal “chop” or red ink stamp, a traditional way if indicating authorship in Chinese and Japanese ink painting. It is my hope that my images will create a stirring of awe and instill a reverence for the spectacular planet that we inhabit and must care for."