Dennis Chamberlain


Dennis Chamberlain's photography ranges from “real” to “imagined” and all things in between – from awe-inspiring landscapes of the Southwest to moderately edited photos and completely original compositions. 

His love for landscape photography, particularly its many rich textures, came into sharp focus after moving to New Mexico, where the beauty of the terrain “made his heart soar.” His goal is to reproduce the drama, vibrancy and emotion that emerge when shooting on location. He explains: “To try to communicate what I feel, rather than simply what my camera clinically records, requires all of the various tools available today, and I use them without apology or restraint." 

For his moderately edited photos and original compositions, Dennis often starts with a blank canvas and creates scenes using elements from other photographs he has taken. (He does not use any artificial intelligence artwork in his creations.) It is in these imagined compositions that the storytelling from his childhood comes to life.

Dennis’ father was a lifelong Eastman Kodak employee, and he gave Dennis his first camera when he was 7 years old. In college, Dennis worked the late-night shift at Kodak in Dallas where his dad was the processing lab manager. "At the lab I was introduced to behind-the-scenes and secret views of life, many of which were never meant to be seen by anyone other than the maker. Included were beautiful scenes of America that I remember to this day. Seeing this range of beauty and harshness, of sadness and euphoria, had a profound effect on me,” he says.