DARRELL STAPLES
PHOTOGRAPHY
Born in 1954 in Bellingham, Washington, Darrell Staples spent
much of his life living in the Puget Sound region of Western
Washington.
His appreciation of and interest in the natural environment grew as he
explored the peaks, lakes, and streams of the Cascade and Olympic
mountain ranges of the Northwest.
As time passed, Darrell's always large curiosity began to turn to other
cultures, peoples, and environments around the world. He has been
privileged to persue this interest through extensive travel in the Middle East,
Western and Eastern Europe, Northern and Southern Africa, India, Nepal,
Tibet, South America, and Southest Asia.
Traveling has taught him that even with the haste and turmoil of life
there are always moments of great beauty, wonderment, awe, and serenity.
We need only to stop and look.
Darrell's photographs are each an attempt to capture these feelings
and observations. He hopes that he is able, in some measure, to convey
and share a sense of the texture and mood of those moments.
The year 2000 brought a relocation to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where
Darrell now resides with his wife, Joy. He continues to enjoy travel and
to find inspiration in the beauty of the world around us.