Boyd Norton

Boyd Norton (born April 8, 1936)[1] is an American photographer, known for his work in wilderness photography and his environmental activism.

[1] In August 1960, during a cross-country trip to California, Norton fell in love with the Teton Range and took a job as a nuclear scientist with the United States Atomic Energy Commission in Idaho Falls, Idaho[3] so that he could live nearby.

Hells Canyon, located at the border of Oregon and Idaho, was the first place where Norton used his photography to further an environmental cause.

In 1990, together with David Brower, he lobbied Russian Foreign Minister Edward Shevardnadze to gain support for the designation of Siberia's Lake Baikal as a World Heritage Site.

[5] The book with his photographs that chronicles the journey taken by Peter Matthiessen[7] brought Lake Baikal to the attention of English-language readers.