81° N: Photographing the high Arctic
A slideshow talk on the Svalbard work: four days at 81° N, what a long lens makes possible, and the stories behind the frames.
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Fact sheet.
Name
Stuart Derman
Based in
Salt Lake City, Utah
Works
Landscape and wildlife, at high latitudes and in the mountains
Exhibition
81° N, available to venues
Editions
Numbered, signed, never reprinted
Talks
Available for festivals, galleries and events
Press contact
The inquiry form, under Press
Short bio · 52 words
Stuart Derman is a photographer based in Salt Lake City who works at high latitudes and in the mountains. His collection Svalbard, made at 81° N in 2024, is available as an exhibition. He founded Wasatch Mountain Arts, a nonprofit that supports the film community, and runs the Wasatch Mountain Film Festival.
Long bio · 162 words
Stuart Derman is a landscape and wildlife photographer based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He got his first camera at seven or eight, started on film and moved to digital, and has had a camera with him ever since. His work keeps returning to wild coasts, high country and cold places, and to the light at either end of the day. His collection Svalbard was made in May 2024 at 81° N, where the sun does not set in spring, with long lenses and from a distance so the foxes, seabirds, seals and walruses carried on as they were. It is available to galleries and venues as the exhibition 81° N. His other collections cover Utah, Iceland, Ireland, the American West, the Waddington Range in British Columbia, Italy and the Namosi Valley in Fiji. Stuart founded Wasatch Mountain Arts, a nonprofit that supports the film community, and runs the Wasatch Mountain Film Festival. Away from the camera, he builds and runs companies.
Press images.
High-resolution files on request
The striped wall
Photograph: Stuart Derman · Svalbard, 81° N
Edge of the surf
Photograph: Stuart Derman · Svalbard, 81° N
Upstroke
Photograph: Stuart Derman · Svalbard, 81° N
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Talks.
Festivals · galleries · eventsThe ends of the earth
Why the cold, empty places pull hardest, and how a single trip becomes a finished body of work.
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