Meet our Photographers
The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the best photographers in the country and ViewfindersNW is proud to offer you some of their work. Collectively, our contributors have traveled and photographed nearly every square inch of the region.
Browse our photographer catalogs below and you will see their perspective of the unique sights and activities found in the PNW and no where else. We're sure you'll find these images will infuse into your project the flavors, sights and sounds of the great Pacific Northwest.
After earning an MFA degree, Bruce settled in Portland in 1970 and started building a substantial client base doing fine art, magazine, corporate, and architectural photography. More than 35 years later, Bruce is one of the leading photographers in the Pacific Northwest. He has been capturing compelling images of The Way The World Works and has traveled the globe for Fortune 500 clients.
Bruce has been an active contributor in the stock photography industry since 1985 through Getty Images and is the owner/founder of Viewfinders Stock Photography. Offering captivating stock photography with a Pacific Northwest focus, Viewfinders has a comprehensive archive of landscapes, landmarks, aerials, lifestyle scenes, industry and agriculture images.
His client roster ranges from corporations, (Schnitzer Steel, Zidell Marine, Louisiana Pacific, ShedRain), creative agencies (Mayer-Reed, Gard Communications, Anderson Krygier, Hallock Agency), government organizations (Portland Development Commission, Metro, Travel Portland), and health care (Legacy Health System, Providence Health & Services, OHSU). He has carved out a particular niche working with builders, developers, and architects like Renaissance Homes, Williams & Dame Development, Walker Macy, GBD Architects, Gerding Edlen Development, R & H Construction, KPFF, Unico Properties, Touchmark, ZGF and HDR, Inc.
In his Pearl District studio, Bruce has a staff that manages the digital processing, marketing and stock fulfillment. He is a co-founder of the Oregon Chapter of American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) as well as a member of the Stock Artists Alliance (SAA), American Marketing Association (AMA), Portland Ad Federation (PAF) and the American Society of Picture Professionals.
Longtime Oregon Photographer Bob Pool comes from an engineering background. Photography has been a passion in his life since his grade school days when his first camera was a Kodak Brownie Reflex. He has always been inspired by the beauty of Oregon and the Northwest; photography just makes him more sensitive to this natural beauty that is all around. His goal is to capture the interplay of light, color and shadow in a manner that will cause others to enjoy this beauty, and to encourage them to preserve it.
As a professional freelance photographer for over 20 years, Rich Iwasaki photographs a variety of subjects for the stock photography marketplace. His frequent visits to major US cities contributes to a growing collection of urban, travel and architectural images. Besides his on-going project photographing the country and culture of Japan, Iwasaki also documents local Asian-American events and activities near his home base of Portland, Oregon.
Greg Vaughn strives to capture the best of this fabulous place we live in - the great Pacific Northwest. His diverse collection of photographs includes metropolitan cityscapes, small-town Americana, coastal landscapes, valleys, mountains, forest, rivers, desert, backroads, byways, flora and fauna. Greg is the photographer for several northwest travel guidebooks published by Compass American Guides and is a regular contributor to a number of travel-oriented magazines and websites.
Michael became interested in photography at age 5, taking photographs of his dogs and toys. Keeping in the medium of photography, he has found passion in all styles from landscape, photojournalism, and advertising. Creatively he has found the most satisfaction in creating what does not exist or manipulating what does.
Chuck is a Seattle, Washington-based travel photographer. Selling prints of the Pacific Northwest at Seattle's famous Pike Place Market since 1978, Chuck has, in recent years, broadened and expanded his world view after falling in love with Europe - especially Italy.
April and May 2007 found Chuck on the island of Sicily and in southern Italy. In September 2007, Chuck rode his Vespa GTS down Pacific Coast Highway 1 from Seattle, Washington to San Francisco, California.
Jeri Gleiter resides in southern Oregon but travels the US and Canada focusing on the natural environment and environmental issues, outdoor sports and aerial views. She also creates conceptual images on location and in the studio.
With a degree in Professional Photography and studies in Graphic Design, Troy has been successful in working on portfolios, marketing and print materials for a variety of clients. He is the head photo researcher at Viewfinders Stock Photography, a full-time photography assistant and studio manager for a well-known local photographer. A Portland native, Troy specializes in image management, digital production, printing and photo editing. His work has been published in periodicals such as The Columbian, Photographers Forum, Portland Tribune and The Portland Mercury. He has also received many Honorable Mentions from the various juried shows and photography contests he's participated in over the years.
