Robert Glenn Ketchum’s 40 years of imagery and books have helped define contemporary color photography and address critical national environmental issues, and have made him one of the most successful artists/activists in American history. At UCLA, Ketchum studied with Edmund Teske and Robert Heinecken. His first published photographs were of 1960’s rock bands, including The Doors, Cream and Jimi Hendrix. He then expanded his discipline from black & white to color and focused on the natural world and the legislative policies manipulating it. Ketchum and master printer Michael Wilder, pioneered Cibachrome color printmaking in the early 1970s. The distinctive prints are in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the National Museum of American Art (DC),but more importantly these images on exhibit and in book form have been used to build public consciousness on behalf conservation advocacy. From campaigns to protect the Tongass rainforest (AK), establish or enlarge national parks (OH, AZ), or save wild salmon in Bristol Bay (AK), Ketchum’s work has led and inspired new generations of visually literate environmental activists. He has also translated his photographs into textile through hand embroidery and fine bolt fabric printing for the last 25-years in China and offers a perspective on the international exchange and global market. See more of Robert's work at www.robertglennketchum.com