Ellen Empson

Ellen has been photographing for over 30 years, beginning as a teenager in west central Minnesota. She has mainly focused on Minnesota and local images, with the emphasis that beauty and nature can be found in our own backyards. In the past four years, Ellen has exhibited at venues such as the Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, the Edina Art Center, Hopkins Art Center, in and around Chaska and at the St John's Hospital Art Gallery in Maplewood, MN. She has won local and regional awards for her photographs and her photos have been used in national marketing campaigns.

Ellen's photography and written article on the Arrowhead of Minnesota was featured in the March 2008 issue of "Outdoor Photographer" magazine. Her newest image; "Oak and Sky" was showcased in the February issue of the virtual magazine AntiDull, a new and innovative fine art magazine that features rising artists from all over the world. Ellen's passion is photographing nature and the outdoors but also specializes in portraiture and wedding photography.

You can contact Ellen at eephotos@twincitizen.net

Artist Philosophy

Try to always pass on the good things you receive and experience is a philosophy I have come to try to live by, and it challenges me in my life and in my photography. This philosophy most clearly speaks to me during the moments when I am able to spend time outdoors to photograph and share the many faces of nature. Our natural world, regions, and our own undeveloped local areas are being manipulated and removed at an alarming rate today, along with the wild life habitats found in them. Most impressed upon my heart and mind is to preserve these places in time with my abilities in photographic images.

In the images presented here, I am striving to share the moments that are out there, waiting to be remembered and treasured- should they disappear before we arrive.