Portrait of Chesbro Photography in a pine forest

Based in

The Pacific Northwest

Working globally, on foot when possible.

About the photographer

A slow observer of wild places.

I've spent the last decade making photographs of forests, coastlines, and the animals that live between them. My work is unhurried by design — most frames are made after hours of walking, sitting, and waiting for a landscape to reveal itself.

I don't stage, bait, or composite. If a scene needed patience to happen, it needed patience to be photographed. The images here are the result of that discipline: single exposures, minor tonal adjustments, nothing removed and nothing added.

My camera and I are guests. I follow leave-no-trace practice on every trip and keep a respectful distance from wildlife — sometimes that means a smaller photograph. That's always the right trade.

10+

Years in the field

42

Countries visited

4

Ongoing series

Selected recognition

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year — Highly Commended2024
  • Sony World Photography — Landscape Shortlist2023
  • National Geographic — Your Shot Editor's Pick2022
  • Nature Conservancy — Field Fellowship2021