Reverent and Responsible Landscape Photography With Karen Cooper

Episode 25: Today, I sit down with Vancouver-based landscape photographer, Karen Cooper, to chat about:

How walking in nature as a form of physical therapy led her into nature photography
The value of developing an intimate relationship with locations by revisiting them over and over again
The vast landscape and diverse ecosystems in British Columbia
Her decisions around opening her own fine art gallery
How she uses her photography to inspire others to respect nature and appreciate it on a deeper level
Her invention of Photolucents ® and other mediums and technologies as novel ways to showcase her images
How she uses intuition and balance to find compositions
Photography as a tool for creating change and as a way of healing
Nature deficit disorder
Responsibilities outdoor photographers have to nature
Why she doesn’t share location information on social media
And so much more!

LINKS MENTIONED:

Website: https://www.karencoopergallery.com/

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Article about forest bathing (shinrin yoku)

Parks Rx Program

Karen’s Ethics for Nature Statement

Information about “Big Lonely Doug”

OPS Manifesto

Nature First Alliance for Responsible Nature Photography

OPS PhotoPills Friday Video Series

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Karen Cooper

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Best known for her dramatic landscapes, Karen Cooper is an international, award-winning photographer based in Vancouver who has made photographing British Columbia her passion for the last 20 or so years. She enjoys developing emerging and experimental mediums that challenge and evolve the long-standing conventions of fine art photography. No subject is altered - every work is an authentic and ethereal representation of that moment in time. She showcases her work through the Karen Cooper Gallery located on historic Granville Island, which is Vancouver's premier art district.

Karen's work represents her declaration for environmental preservation and her deep connection to the land. Her pieces are not just invitations to appreciate natural beauty but are also moments to understand what has, and still can be, lost.