Canyon Wilderness

Jon Ortner is based about as far from the landscapes that make up his latest book as you can imagine, and he shows that sometimes the best landscapes come from having an outsider’s perspective

By William Sawalich, Photography By Jon Ortner

Published November 3, 2009
Updated October 14, 2016

Jon Ortner isn’t like most Western landscape photographers.

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