David Paul Bayles

David Paul Bayles is a photographer who focuses on landscapes where the needs of forests and human pursuits often collide, sometimes coexist, and on occasion find harmony. Some of his projects utilize a documentary approach while others use a more contemporary art practice. He currently lives and photographs in the Coast range of western Oregon. His photographs have been published in numerous magazines, including Orion, Nature, Audubon, Outside, and others. Public collections include The Portland Art Museum, Santa Barbara Art Museum, The Harry Ransom Center, Wildling Museum, and others. His book Urban Forest: Images of Trees in the Human Landscape was chosen by The Christian Science Monitor as one of their seven favorite books of 2003. His recent project, Following Fire, is an ongoing collaboration with disturbance ecologist Fred J. Swanson that documents forest resilience after wildfire.