Michael E. Gordon is an award-winning fine art landscape photographer best known for his black and white impressions of California's deserts which, said Broughton Quarterly, portrays “stunning ethereal beauty from terrain where others see only a bleak landscape.” A California native and lifelong student of nature and wilderness, Michael’s thirty-year relationship with Death Valley National Park has yielded a remarkably vast trove of Death Valley images of depth and discovery.

Michael's photographs have been published in and on the covers of numerous magazines, web publications, calendars, and academic textbooks. His fine art prints are held internationally in the private collections of the United States Embassy, Kaiser Permanente; Milken Family Foundation; The Wilderness Society, and many others. Publications and clients include Elements magazine; Medium Format magazine; On Landscape magazine; SHOTS magazine; Arte Fotográfico; Backpacker; B+W Photography (UK); View Camera magazine; Rangefinder magazine; Broughton Quarterly; The Wilderness Society; Campaign for America's Wilderness; Brooks/Cole Publishing; and many more. Awards and recognition include International Photography Awards, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, and Black & White Spider Awards.

In early 2015, Michael was a featured on-camera Death Valley expert in an NHK Japan full-length documentary film.

Michael owns and operates Death Valley Photo Tours, is co-founder of Visionary Photography Workshops, and is a staff instructor for The Los Angeles Center of Photography. He leads annually numerous photo workshops and tours for photographers of all experience levels.

This gallery contains Death Valley photos and pictures of Death Valley National Park in California. This portfolio collection of Death Valley photographs includes images of desert landscapes, sand dunes, rugged canyons, mountain vistas, The Racetrack, Badwater Basin, Zabriskie Point, and many other scenic locations and settings in Death Valley National Park.

All Death Valley photos and pictures of Death Valley National Park seen on this website are available for licensing for publication in magazines, books, websites, advertising, as stock photography, or as fine art prints or wall murals for home or office decor. Art Dealer and Art Consultant inquiries are welcome. Please reach me using my Contact form if you have any questions or licensing inquiries.