Landscape and wildlife photography by Charlie Prigan
Landscape & Wildlife · San Francisco

Light, weather,
and wild things.

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Statement

I photograph the hours most people sleep through — the blue minute before dawn, fog burning off the headlands, the half-second a fox decides you are not a threat. A quiet record of light, weather, and wild things, made from California to Hawaii, Montana, and the far coasts.

Based
San Francisco, CA
Working since
2011
Archive
100+ selected plates
The Collections

Five series.

Each frame belongs to one of five ongoing bodies of work, shot between 2011 and today.
Gallery

Every frame worth keeping.

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A bird in silhouette against a glowing sunset

The best light never waits. You learn to be early, to be patient, and to be still.

Charlie Prigan standing beneath a giant banyan tree
About

A camera in hand since childhood. I follow the light wherever it leads.

Charlie Prigan is a landscape and wildlife photographer based in San Francisco. He grew up in Spokane, Washington, and later on a ranch in the countryside near Ford, where a camera became a way of paying attention. Today the work ranges far beyond the Bay Area — California, Hawaii, Montana, and the far coasts — wherever the light and weather are worth following.

The pictures are unhurried and uncropped — available light, long waits, no bait. Prints are available upon request.

Camera
Available light only
Based
San Francisco
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@thumper417
Prints

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wild home.

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