Specialties
Visionary Wild is a leading photography workshops and travel provider, offering first-rate experiences around the world and pole to pole for the passionate photographer. Visit our website to learn about our all-inclusive programs focusing on landscape, wildlife, and cultural photography at world-class destinations.
We strongly believe that there is great value in learning from professional photographers whose work has been vetted by photo editors, publishers, gallery curators, art directors, and other picture professionals, and who have had to learn to produce great images in challenging conditions, our workshop instructors and photo expedition leaders are all bona fide working professional photographers, including some of the top names in the business, all highly sought after for their generous and effective teaching, depth of expertise, artistic talent, and professionalism.
• World-class small-group photography workshops
• Private charter voyages in the Arctic and Antarctic
• Luxury photo safaris
• Adventure photography expeditions
• One-on-one mentoring in photography technique, composition, digital workflow, Lightroom, and Photoshop
• Destinations:
Antarctica, Greenland, Patagonia, Iceland, Africa, Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, India, Japan, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Nepal, Alaska, Southwestern US, US Pacific Coast, Grand Canyon by raft, Rocky Mountains, California Sierra Nevada, Appalachia, and more.
History
Established in 2011.
Visionary Wild is the brainchild of Justin Black, a nature photographer whose photo industry experience includes extensive publication and exhibition history, ten years as director, curator, and workshops organizer at Galen Rowell's Mountain Light Photography in California, and two years' service as the executive director at the prestigious International League of Conservation Photographers.
Justin launched Visionary Wild to provide mentorship experiences that open new pathways to photographers looking for opportunities to move their work to the next level of quality, depth, purpose and meaning. A worldwide network of expert instructors, guides, logistics services, accommodations, etc., helps to ensure the high quality and authenticity of our programs.
Meet the Business Owner: Justin B.
Justin Black is a nature photographer, writer, photo workshops organizer, certified Antarctic guide, and an affiliate member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP). Through both Visionary Wild and Galen Rowell's Mountain Light Photography (1999 - 2009) he has created inspiring and effective educational photographic experiences for thousands of passionate photographers. He is widely recognized as one of the world's leading photo workshops and travel organizers.
A professional photographer since 1995, before founding Visionary Wild he served as Executive Director of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), and for seven years was General Manager and Curator of Mountain Light Gallery in California's Sierra Nevada. Justin is a regular contributor to outdoor photography magazines, and his photographs have appeared in publications around the world.