About
I’m Jack Curtis, a travel and lifestyle photographer based in Fort Collins, Colorado, working across the U.S. and abroad to tell stories rooted in movement, wild places, and human connection. My work spans climbing competitions, surf culture, remote expeditions, and candid moments in the in-between. With a style I call dramatic documentary, I create emotionally honest imagery for brands, guides, and individuals who live boldly—from outdoor companies and conservation groups to surf camps, alpine teams, and adventurous couples. My goal is simple: to collaborate with people who care deeply about the world and want to tell stories that make others feel the same.
Outside the frame
The Life That Shapes My Work
- I picked up my first camera at 12—and a drone at 15—obsessively documenting my family’s road trips during school breaks.
- I’m a former PhD student in engineering who left academia to pursue a life that felt like my own, camera in hand.
- I’ve built and designed custom drones for aerial photography and research.
- I’m a lifelong athlete with a background as a collegiate swimmer.
- I completed my first marathon last year on winding country roads in rural England.
- I spent grad school on trips with Georgia Tech’s Outdoor Recreation (ORGT) crew backpacking, bikepacking, and learning whitewater kayaking.
- I care deeply about animal rights and natural conservation.
- I spent two months solo backpacking across Europe after graduating with a BA in Physics.
- I’m always chasing the next expedition, story, or wild swim.
My storytelling ethos
I’m chasing sonder—that quiet realization that every person, every place, every fleeting moment holds a story as rich and layered as anyone else’s. Photography became my way of reaching for that feeling: a way to honor the space between people and place, past and present, movement and stillness.
I’ve wandered through over 20 countries with a camera at my side, following instinct, light, and the stories that seem to find you when you’re really paying attention. I’ve seen how solitude builds strength, how adventure shapes identity, and how presence makes connection possible.
This is the pursuit: to see with more intention. To remind ourselves that we are all moving through a world of infinite stories—some we live, some we witness, and some we’ll never fully understand, but all worth capturing.
Ready? Let's tell a story.
