I’ve always had the desire to travel to far-off locales, and there are plenty of them in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. For years I have been taking road trips to the most remote locations in the PNW searching for ghost towns and anything else that is abandoned. As of this writing my Jeep has 183,449 miles on it.

My passion for photography has expressed itself via my fine art photography and stock photography. From there it evolved into freelance photography, which included a commission from the travel guide publisher, Frommer’s, to be the primary photographer for their Seattle Day-by-Day guidebook and again three years later for their Seattle guidebook.

My photographs have been on display at Premier Gallery as well as Gallery Three in Puyallup, Washington. They also have been accepted into the Northwest International Exhibition of Photography, and the Washington State Photography Exhibition, both of which are juried exhibitions.

This caught the attention of a publisher of books on abandoned places. Fonthill Media has a series of books on this topic by state, and they asked me to author their book on Washington State. The first printing sold out. Publication was taken over by Alan Sutton Publishing, with distribution by Casemate Publishers. Satisfied with those results, they have me currently working on a series of books about abandoned places in Idaho. I now have a large collection of photographs of ghost towns, abandoned mines, railroads, schools and businesses in Idaho. During my road trips I met some interesting individuals that were very instrumental in assisting me with understanding the historical significance of the abandoned places I visited. So, I thought, maybe I should start a blog in order to share the photographs, history, and my encounters with the locals, so I did. There you have it.

Web sites

http://www.WashingtonPhotographs.com

http://www.SeattlePhotographs.com

http://www.AbandonedWashingtonState.com

http://www.HowardFriskPhotography.com

http://www.SevenWondersOfWashingtonState.com