Environmental Portraits

Photographs by Derek Johnson of people in the places they live, work, and create. These portraits bring together character, light, and the surroundings that help tell each person’s story.

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Long exposure photograph of a dark cloudy sky over a highway at dusk, with light trails from moving vehicles.

A woman with long dark hair, wearing a winter coat with a fur-lined hood, looking directly into the camera, standing on a wooden dock by a body of water under a cloudy, dark blue sky.

Night scene of a cityscape with colorful neon lights, reflections on the street, and people walking, creating a vibrant, blurred motion effect.

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Phil Burke, Melanie Emerson (Copy)

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