Portfolio | Tom Dempsey
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A portfolio of highlights from the work of photographer Tom Dempsey, author of nature-travel website PhotoSeek.com
56 galleries
These evocative galleries show favorite worldwide photographs by Tom Dempsey. The Highlights galleries listed by year display the top 4% of Tom's work on PhotoSeek.com. The remaining galleries (listed geographical by country and state) show the top 20% of Tom's work (Search keyword = "PhotoBest").
a TRIPS BY DATE collection
Below, click to open any recent gallery in my TRIPS BY DATE collection, which may inspire your own journeys. Photos are by Tom Dempsey, plus some by Carol. Photographs are shown in sequential order, day by day, often ranging across several states or countries. Trip galleries are ordered by most recent first, back to spring 2014. (Photos from these and earlier trips are also found in separate galleries and collections which consolidate geographically by area, state, and/or country.) Galleries marked "favorites" show my top 20% from a trip; otherwise galleries show "all" photos from a given trip.
An unusually popular gallery
The following photos by Tom Dempsey are unusually popular in internet searches or print sales. Unique, quirky images attract more searches, whereas beautiful landscapes sell more, here at PhotoSeek.com.
Environmental Issues, global w...
Tom Dempsey's environmental galleries: The majority of glaciers are melting fast wherever I visit around the world, from Switzerland to Glacier National Park (Montana). Photographs help illustrate this ongoing environmental story which affects everyone. Our strong drive for travel has filled every corner of the earth with humans, who now dominate the earth. Our surging population of 7 billion people must now protect other species and sustain the natural world from which we ascended. Since the industrial revolution began, humans have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration by 35% through burning of fossil fuels, deforesting land, and grazing livestock. The overwhelming majority of the world's climate scientists agree that human-caused carbon-compound gas emissions are accelerating global warming, causing climate change, rapidly melting glaciers, and raising ocean levels and ocean acidity worldwide (see www.ucsusa.org).
ALPS: SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, ITA...
Click to open any Alps gallery by Tom Dempsey. First are concise galleries of image "favorites", followed by extended galleries, including: Switzerland (Berner Oberland, Engadine, Haute Route), France (Chamonix, Mont Blanc, High Route), Italy (Dolomites and nearby Venice), and Slovenia (Julian Alps).
Click to open any Antarctica gallery by Tom Dempsey.
Click to open any Argentina gallery by Tom Dempsey: 1) favorites of Argentina (South America), 2) Buenos Aires, 3) Mount Fitz Roy and El Chalten village, 4) Perito Moreno Glacier, and 5) Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego province, cruise ship terminal for Antarctica. Patagonia is the southern foot of South America shared by Argentina and Chile, including Tierra del Fuego archipelago. The name Patagonia is derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.
Click to open any Australia gallery by Tom Dempsey. Explore great forest parks in southern Australia: Tasmania (Hobart, Cradle Mountain, Mt Field, Port Arthur, Freycinet & Tasman Peninsulas, Maria Island, Painted Cliffs, Karst caves), New South Wales (Sydney, zoo, Blue Mountains & Royal NP), Victoria (Melbourne, Wilson's Promontory, Great Ocean Road), South Australia (Kangaroo Island), Western Australia (Walpole-Nornalup).
Click to open any Canada gallery by Tom Dempsey: - Canadian Rockies National Parks: Banff, Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay, Robson, Waterton Lakes; and Provincial Parks: Mount Assiniboine (BC), Peter Lougheed (Alberta). - The Columbia Mountains (west of the Rockies Trench in British Columbia) include National Parks: Revelstoke, Glacier; and Provincial Parks: Bugaboo, Bowron Lake. - British Columbia: City of Vancouver - New Brunswick: Bay of Fundy: Hopewell Rocks & Cape, St Martins, Fundy Trail Parkway. - Ontario: Niagara Falls
Click to open any Chile gallery (South America) by Tom Dempsey.
CROATIA: Plitvice Lakes
Click to open any Plitvice Lakes gallery by Tom Dempsey. Plitvice Lakes National Park (Nacionalni park Plitvicka jezera, in Croatia) was founded in 1949 and is honored by UNESCO as World Heritage Site. Waters flowing over limestone, dolomite, and chalk in this karstic landscape have, over thousands of years, deposited travertine barriers, creating natural dams, beautiful emerald lakes and waterfalls. Warming conditions after the last Ice Age (less than 12,000 years ago) allowed the natural dams to form from tufa (calcium carbonate) and chalk depositing in layers, bound by plants. Plitvicka Jezera is a municipality of Lika-Senj County, in the Republic of Croatia, Europe.
ECUADOR: Galapagos Islands, Hi...
Click to open any Ecuador gallery by Tom Dempsey. See highlights from three trips to the Galapagos Islands: Giant Tortoises, Marine & Land Iguanas, Sea Lions, native birds, wildlife from 2009, 1994, 1986. Photographs from Ecuadorian Highlands, South America include: historic Quito; beautiful hummingbirds of Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve near Mindo; Otavalo markets; Cotopaxi volcano; Quilotoa crater lake.
Click to open any gallery of France by Tom Dempsey. - Hike the Haute Route through the Alps from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc to Zermatt, Switzerland. - The coastal island church of Mont Saint-Michel is one of the most visited sights in France.
Click to open any Greece gallery by Tom Dempsey. Enjoy whitewashed villages perched high above the Aegean Sea on the rim of the active volcano of Santorini island (Thira or Thera). Hike in Zagori, Vikos Gorge, and the north Pindus mountains, including a triple arch stone bridge near Kipi. Admire icons of ancient Greece at the Acropolis (Parthenon, Erechtheion) and museums in Athens. The medieval Greek Orthodox Monasteries of Meteora have stood the tests of time perched atop impressive pinnacles. Hike Mount Olympus via overnight hut. On the island of Crete, learn Minoan history at Knossos (at Heraklion), hike Samaria Gorge, and enjoy wild aromatic herb gardens on the coast.
Seen through a jet window, a vast ice sheet stretches across Greenland, the world's largest island. This ice cap (Sermersuaq in Greenlandic) contains 10 percent of the world's fresh water, plus atmospheric particles which scientists can use to gain an insight into the climate of both Greenland and the Earth going back some 250,000 years. Scientists report accelerated melting since the new millennium, with a net loss of ice mass. If the entire ice sheet melted, the world's oceans would rise by 6-7 meters (20-23 feet). Greenland's huge ice sheet is only second in size to the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Greenland lies between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. While it is physiographically part of the North American continent, for more than a thousand years Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (the colonial powers of Norway and Denmark, plus the nearby island of Iceland). In 2008, the people of Greenland passed a referendum making it an autonomous country within the Danish Realm. With a population of about 56,480 in 2013, it is the least densely populated country in the world. (The continent of Australia is larger but isn't considered an island.)
ITALY: Venice, Dolomites mount...
Click to open any photo gallery of Venice and the Dolomites, by Tom Dempsey: Venice, Saint Mark's Square (San Marco Piazza), Rialto, gondolas, Murano, Burano, and Torcello. Dolomites mountain photos include: Cortina d'Ampezzo, Sesto Group, Corvara in Badia, Val Gardena, Val di Funes, Puez-Geisler (Odle) Park, Castelrotto, Brenta Group, Marmolada, Passo Pordoi, Sella Group, Bindelweg/Viel del Pan trail, Rosengarten/Catinaccio Group, Bolzano, Iceman (Ötzi), Pala Group/Pale di San Martino, Monte Civetta, Monte Pelmo, Alleghe Village, and more.
After months of research, Tom Dempsey organized a journey in Japan packed with wonderful sights for four, 2018 October 10 - November 8. JR Rail Pass is a great travel bargain for touring the amazing Japanese train network which includes 200mph bullet trains (shinkansen) resembling jets with ground contact.
Click to open the Mexico gallery by Tom Dempsey.
NEPAL: Everest, Gokyo, Annapur...
Click to open any Nepal gallery by Tom Dempsey. - Trek to Gokyo and Chhukhung in the Mount Everest area Nov 3-17, 2007. From Lukla airport hike 14 days, gaining 26,000 feet total to Namche Bazaar, Tengboche Monastery, Gokyo Ri, turquoise lakes. - Trek to Annapurna Sanctuary Oct 22-31, 2007: Seven friends hiked 10 days through verdant rain forest to a gorgeous alpine cirque, returning via Naya Pul, ascending 21,000 feet total.
Click to open any New Zealand gallery by Tom Dempsey: 1. favorite images 2. North Island: Rotorua, hot springs, Maori culture. 3. South Island: Fiordland National Park, Aspiring NP, the Catlins. 4. Mount Cook/Aoraki NP, West Coast. 5. Abel-Tasman NP, Marlborough Sounds.
Click to open any Norway gallery by Tom Dempsey. View Norway history, stave churches, culture, Nordland, Lofoten islands, southern and western fjordland, and Jotunheim mountains (Home of the Giants).
Patagonia: ARGENTINA, CHILE
Click to open any gallery of Patagonia (the southernmost part of Argentina and Chile) by Tom Dempsey:
Click to open any Peru gallery by Tom Dempsey:
Click to open any Slovenia gallery by Tom Dempsey. Photos include: Julian Alps, Lake Bled (Blejsko jezero), Bled Castle, Vintgar Gorge, Skocjan Caves (Skocjanske jame) Regional Park, Triglav National Park (Triglavski narodni park/TNP), Pericnik Waterfall, Vrata and Krma valleys, Tolmin gorges (Tolminska korita), Veliki Kozjak Waterfall, Predjama Castle.
Click to open any Switzerland gallery by Tom Dempsey. Images include: Berner Oberland, Valais canton (Zermatt, Fiesch, Eggishorn, Aletsch Glacier, Lötschental / Loetschental), Engadine, the Haute Route (from Chamonix, France, to Zermatt), Appenzell, Schaffhausen, Rhine Falls, and Stein am Rhein.
THAILAND: Bangkok
Click to open any Thailand gallery by Tom Dempsey. In Bangkok (Krung Thep), Thailand, Asia, be sure to see the Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew). On Chao Phraya river, cruise on a long tail boat to see temples, house boats, and river life.
Click to open Tom Dempsey's photo gallery from the Republic of Turkey.
The following galleries from England & Scotland in the United Kingdom were shot by Tom Dempsey on a 34-day trip 2017 July 20-August 22. This includes our England Coast to Coast (CtoC) hike on commission with Wilderness Travel, July 23 - August 5, 2017 plus much more.
Click to open any Alaska gallery by Tom Dempsey. Images include: Denali National Park & Preserve, northern lights (aurora borealis), the mountain peak of Denali (20,310 feet or 6191 meters elevation according to 2015 GPS; formerly named Mount McKinley), flightseeing, Kenai Peninsula, Prince William Sound, Richardson Highway, Kennecott, McCarthy, Wrangell-St. Elias NP, Fairbanks, animals, wildlife, Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, Knik & Matanuska Glaciers, fall colors, fireweed flowers, lichen polygon patterns.
Click to open any California gallery by Tom Dempsey. Images include: Yosemite National Park (El Capitan, Half Dome, Cathedral Peak and Lake, waterfalls, reflections, ice, backpackers, Virginia Peak), Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, Bodie gold rush ghost town State Historic Park, hikes in Inyo National Forest and the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains, White Mountains, BLM Alabama Hills, Mokelumne Wilderness, Cascades Mountains (Burney Falls), Klamath Mountains (Castle Crags State Park), Monterey Bay Aquarium (jellyfish, octopus, seahorse), lush green forest on Cataract Creek Trail in Mount Tamalpais Watershed, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Patrick's Point State Park, historic Russian colony at Fort Ross, geologically unique Bowling Ball Beach at Schooner Gulch State Park, crashing waves, sea stacks, coastal birds, natural patterns, Sutter Buttes panorama and hiker under sunny oaks, Chico's Bidwell Mansion and Bidwell Park, poppies, Honey Run Covered Bridge, desert cactus, and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park badlands.
Click to open Tom Dempsey's Hawaii (USA) galleries: Favorites, Oahu, Kauai, Big Island, and Maui.
Click to open any Idaho gallery by Tom Dempsey. Images include: the Sawtooth Mountains, gold mining history in Custer and "Land of the Yankee Fork" State Park, and rainbows glowing in the mist of Mesa Falls on Henrys Fork of the Snake River.
USA: Midwest: Illinois, Indian...
Click to open any Midwest USA gallery by Tom Dempsey. These photo galleries include Indiana covered bridges, waterfalls, Minnesota fall colors, Michigan mountains and streams, and North Dakota badlands with fall color leaves.
Click to open any Montana gallery by Tom Dempsey. Images include: Glacier National Park, rock patterns, animals, insects, hiking, panoramas, and historic frontier buildings at Nevada City and Elkhorn State Park.
USA: Northeast: NY, VT, NH, ME...
Click to open any Northeast USA gallery by Tom Dempsey: images from a 3-week RV camping trip in October 2014 visiting peak fall colors across Northeast USA to scenic Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, CANADA. Photos include: New York (Adirondacks, Watkins Glen and Letchworth SP Gorges, and Corning Glass Museum); Vermont (Mt. Philo SP, Smugglers Notch and Shelburne Museum); New Hampshire (White Mountains!); Maine (Acadia National Park, Pemaquid Lighthouse); Pennsylvania (Ohiopyle SP); and New Brunswick, CANADA (Hopewell Rocks sunrise, St Martins, and Fundy Trail Parkway).
Click to open any Oregon gallery by Tom Dempsey. Images include Oregon Cascades mountain range, coast seascapes, lighthouses and ships, animals, sea life, plants, patterns, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (Painted Hills Unit and Sheep Rock Unit), Hells Canyon, Snake River, Blue Mountains, Wallowa Mountains and Eagle Cap Wilderness.
USA: Southeast: Kentucky, Nort...
Click to open any Southeast USA gallery by Tom Dempsey: - Kentucky (KY): Mammoth Cave NP. - West Virginia (WV): Harpers Ferry, Green Bank Telescope, New River Gorge. - Virginia (VA): Historic Jamestowne, Jamestown Settlement, Williamsburg, plantations, Monticello, Mount Vernon, Shenandoah NP, Luray Caverns, Blue Ridge Parkway, Natural Tunnel SP, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge & ponies, Humpback Covered Bridge, Cumberland Gap (spanning VA+TN+KY). -Tennessee (TN): Great Smoky Mountains (spanning TN+NC), Cherohala Skyway (spanning TN+NC), Bays Mountain Park. - North Carolina (NC): Blue Ridge Parkway, Durham, Duke, Eno River, Hanging Rock, Outer Banks.
USA: Southwest: Arizona, Utah,...
Click to open any Southwest USA gallery by Tom Dempsey. Images include: colorful desert, mountain, valley, and slot canyon landscapes of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada, with their plants and animals.
Click to open any Texas gallery by Tom Dempsey. Images include: favorites gallery, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Caverns of Sonora, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site, San Antonio (The Alamo and River Walk/Paseo del Río), and more photos.
Click to open Tom Dempsey's Washington galleries, listed from north to south. Admire Washington's scenic diversity from sea to ski: hike from temperate Puget Sound to rain forests to glacier-capped Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges. Dry rain shadows form over the San Juan Islands and sunny Eastern Washington. Explore Seattle sights. Experience unforgettable Mount Rainier National Park. Walk to beautiful waterfalls in Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
Click to open any Wyoming gallery by Tom Dempsey, including pictures from Devils Tower National Monument, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.
Published work | PhotoSeek.com
The three galleries of published works below include: 1) Tom's Published Images are found worldwide in books (National Geographic Traveler Greece, Moon Istanbul & Turkish Coast, Dorling Kindersley), magazines (Nature Journal of Science, National Geographic Maps, Sierra, Wilderness Travel Catalog, PC Photo, et al) and news (Reuters News Pictures Service). 2) In 2009-10, Tom Dempsey wrote and published the book "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" which teaches and inspires outdoor photography by revealing the magic of portable digital cameras. 3) Publishers licensed and reproduced images by my wife Carol Dempsey in the third gallery.