Traveling and shooting. All personal work here
kevin@kevinruss.com

Kevin Russ was born and raised along California’s Central Coast. He later moved north to Oregon, where he briefly attended college before moving into his 2003 Chevy Blazer to pursue landscape photography full time.

In 2013, early in his landscape work, his photographs drew national attention when The Atlantic described him as “iPhone’s Ansel Adams” a distinction that quickly set his work apart in the emerging world of mobile photography. In the years that followed, Russ expanded into film photography while taking on assignments with major brands including Nat Geo Wild, Icelandair, Nestlé Waters, and Timberland.

Today, his work has settled into a quieter, more reflective rhythm. He spends much of his time in the deserts and mountains of the American West, photographing at a slower pace, in pursuit of capturing the timelessness of the American West.

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The Atlantic (2013) iPhone's Ansel Adams: Photographing the American West
Instagram (2013) Travel the American West with Nature and Wildlife Photographer Kevin Russ
Mashable (2015) Photographer train hops across the American Southwest with an iPhone and a sleeping bag
DailyMail (2013) Wild West! Traveling photographer captures the great American landscape using only his iPhone
VICE (2013) Professional iPhone Photographer Kevin Russ Documents the World an Instagram at a Time
Timberland (2015) Mark Makers
Society6 (2014) Photographer Kevin Russ on Capturing Life on the Road
NBC Last Call with Carson Daly (2013) S12 E91
TWLOHA (2013) THE ART OF HUMANITY: KEVIN RUSS
VSCO (2015) The Western States
VSCO (2013) A Modern Day Explorer
VSCO (2012) Displaced Nostalgia
Artifact Uprising (2014) Have IPhone, Will Travel
The Manual (2019) Kevin Russ: Trekking the World with an iPhone
Booooooom (2013) Kevin Russ / A Traveling Photographer
iPhone Photo School (2014) Nature and Wildlife iPhone Photography from Kevin Russ
PetaPixel (2013) Traveling Photographer Shoots the Great American West Using Only His iPhone
Stag (2019) Kevin Russ
The Oregonian (2013) Portland photographer captures Western wilds via smartphone