About Rory Wallwork

Biography

Rory Wallwork is a completely self-taught, award-winning photographer who began his journey into photography in the not-so-distant past. He was born and raised in Northern Utah. Beginning at a young age, he has always enjoyed photography, but for a long time was never too serious about it. He took a black-and-white photography course in college, which gave him the opportunity to learn traditional film photography and darkroom techniques.

It wasn’t until he stumbled into a landscape photographer’s gallery in Las Vegas that he became quite obsessed with the possibilities. All his life he had been completely surrounded by a variety of beautiful landscapes, especially when venturing outside Northern Utah into the areas of the seven national parks to which Utah is host. “I had never really ‘seen’ what was here. Once I began to look, I became more and more interested in capturing and sharing these incredible places with others. Since my experience in Las Vegas, I have relied solely on personal experience, trial and error, and the inspiration of others to get me where I am today.”

Awards, Recognitions, and Publications

– Mesa Arch Sunrise – 1st Place – 2010 North Ogden Arts Festival.
– Patterns of Nature – Sweepstakes Winner (Best of Show) – 2009 Weber County Fair.
– Patterns of Nature – Grand Prize – Doug Chinnery’s “Best Image of 2009” Competition.
– Painted Sunset – Honorable Mention – 2009 Utah State Fair.
– Rice Fields and Karst Peaks – Selected as one of 120 photographs out of over 9,000 competing images for the final judging round in the 2009 Asia Without Borders contest by Asian Geographic Magazine.
– The cover of the 2010 Ogden Valley Phone Book, which is published and distributed to over 5,000 homes.
– The Storm Passes – Published as the photograph for the month of June in the KSL 2010 weather calendar.
– The Storm Passes, Surrounded by Life, and Mesa Arch Sunrise – Published in Alphagraphics’ 2011 annual calendar, distributed throughout the Ogden area.
– The cover and three feature photographs in the 2010 Spotted Calendar,published by the Standard Examiner newspaper.
– An Editor’s Choice Award and four other pictures published in the Capture My Utah book. For more info, check out the website.
– Three grand prizes in the Taste of Ogden Valley photography competition.