Robert Glenn Ketchum (born December 1, 1947) is an American conservation photographer, recognized by Audubon magazine as one of 100 people "who shaped the environmental movement in the 20th century.".
Prior to his emergence as a photographer, he was a widely recognized curator, discovering the Paul Outerbridge, Jr. estate,[2] and bringing recognition to the overlooked work of James Van Der Zee.
He subsequently turned his attention to Southwest Alaska with Rivers of Life: Southwest Alaska, The Last Great Salmon Fishery (2001) and Wood-Tikchik: Alaska¹s Largest State Park (2003), advocating for the protection of Bristol Bay from the industrial invasion of oil and gas leasing and the largest open pit mine in the world.
[3][4] More recently, he created the company RGK THREADS to bring photographic images from the natural world to bolt fabric design.
[6] September 16, 2006 - January 7, 2007- Robert Glenn Ketchum and Eliot Porter: Regarding the Land", Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX (40-year retrospective) March 7 - July 21, 2020, "Robert Glenn Ketchum & Eliot Porter: On Seeing Color", Booth Museum of Western Art, Cartersville, GA (55-year retrospective of 60+ prints) Notes Further reading