Gordon Ownby is a Los Angeles-based photographer with a special interest in nature, contemporary landscapes, and urban scenes. Early experience includes serving as the photo editor for the California State University, Northridge Associated Students newspaper and running the B&W darkroom at The Los Angeles Daily Journal. Formal training includes public-program coursework at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and workshops with accomplished artists.
Over the span of 20 years, Ownby photographed on the streets of Los Angeles, images which culminated in the project, “Never Idle.” Current projects include “Anthropo[s]cenes,” color photography incorporating man-made elements in traditional landscape tropes, and "We Observe Nature Only With Its Permission," photos celebrating intimate encounters with nature within wilderness parks adjacent to metropolitan areas.
