About Al Geist
I was a typical 11-year-old Michigan farm boy when I got my first camera, a Kodak Starmite. It changed my life. Sure the barns still needed cleaning and animals still needed feeding, and those summer baseball games still needed playing, but now I looked at life chores through a viewfinder. Cameras have change. They’re a lot more sophisticated than that little boxy Kodak, but regardless of how fancy they’ve gotten, the excitement I got shooting that first picture has never wavered.

That was 40 years ago, and along the way I’ve used photography to illustrate 100s of newspaper and magazine articles, in addition to technical documents, print, video, and Internet advertising. Even more satisfying is the growing number of individuals who have allowed my pictures to grace the walls of their home.

Someone asked me about my "style." I really have no particular style other than good composition, an eye for color and light, and an interest in the world around me. I shoot what catches my eye and what stirs my emotions.

In a sense, I consider myself a visual historian more than an artist. Whether I’m shooting a Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan, a crumbling wall in Old Panama City, the rugged Alaska wilderness, waves smashing against ocean cliffs, or a delicate desert flower full of morning dew...it is nature, society and life that creates the art. I am just lucky to be around to capture it.

The images you see in this gallery, on this website and in my extensive files, are the result of a 40-year love affair with photography. I have been published in books, magazines, and newspapers.

• BA Journalism, University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Co-founder Mushing Magazine and editor of Fairbanks ARTS
• Former member Fairbanks Arts Association
• Current member Northern Vermont Artists Association
• Award winner 2007 Champlain Valley Fair Art Show
• Currently shown at The Art Gallery in Stowe, Vermont