Biography


                                                  Doug Jones began his photography career at the age                                                   of 19 with a 35 millimeter camera carried into the
                                                   wilderness of California's Sierra Nevada range for
                                                   the summer. He fell in love with the unspoiled solitude
                                                   of clear blue sky, glacier-carved granite ramparts,
                                                  and ancient pines growing out of solid rock on
                                                  windswept ridges.

Six years later with an Anthropology degree from the University of Washington, he emigrated to Canada during the turmoil of the Vietnam War. Doug earned a teaching certificate from the University of British Columbia the following year and embarked upon a career as an elementary school teacher in Quesnel, BC.  Doug's teaching career has been varied, by turns a district librarian, founder of an outdoor education camp for elementary school children, elementary teacher-librarian, and high school teacher-librarian.

As a photographer, the landscape has always been Doug's central passion, but he has also photographed equestrian events, designed and created a photographic trade show diplay, served as a high school yearbook photography advisor, and volunteered as the production photographer for a community theatre company.

Now retired from teaching in the public school system, Doug is looking forward to the full-time pursuit of his art as a landscape photographer,  teaching his craft to adults, and deepening his education in the history and practice of his chosen vocation.

Doug lives in the rural countryside near the Monashee Mountains of southern British Columbia, close to the wilderness that is the source of his art.