Photographing started seriously in junior high school with an old view camera. 

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My first three one-person shows were in the Santa Fe Gallery of Laura Gilpin who I greatly respected for her photography of the people of indigenous nations, the western landscape and for her generous spirit.

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Eliot Porter and his work were also an important influence. A two-person show with him in Albuquerque marked a level of acceptance for which I will always be grateful.

Since then there have been shows at over twenty-five galleries and museums. Teaching at art schools, universities and National Park Service Training Centers. 

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I have been Executive Director of The Appalachian Trail Conference and Chairperson of The Georgia Conservancy.

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In 1980, I was one of 100 people from around the world who were invited to the White House by President Carter to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Earth Day. Among them were Jaques Cousteau and many other longtime heroes. 

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My undergraduate education was at Baker University, the Sorbonne (University of Paris) and Washburn University. I attended graduate school at New York University and received a 

Master’s Degree from Georgia State University.

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I was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1941 and grew up on the plains of Kansas and the mountains of California and Colorado.

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I live in Woodstock, New York amid the forests and streams of the Catskill Mountains.

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Henry Lautz, Winter 2022