Ray Atkeson (February 13, 1907 – May 25, 1990) was a U.S. photographer best known for his landscape images, particularly of the American West.

[1] His best known photographs are black and white prints, many still popular in galleries, stores, books, traveling art exhibitions, and screensavers.

His industrial photographs captured activity at the Columbia Steel Casting Company[6] to women building warships for World War II.

[9] Atkeson lugged around heavy 4x5 Speed Graphic camera equipment to photograph winter mountain scenes before the chairlift was invented.

"[12] In his later years his granddaughter Karen Schmeer assisted him with his work, including driving him to photo-shoot locations after his eyesight began to fail.