Ryland West

Ryland West is a photographer based in New York that specializes in climate change. After a brief stint as a professional snowboarder, West received his BA in multimedia and journalism from Sierra Nevada University. During this time, he experimented with drone lighting in landscapes and created the series, “Highlight.” The project has been recognized by Adobe, The Weather Channel, PetaPixel and many others. Now as a graduating MFA student at Parsons he has been working on his series Portraits of Ephemerality, combining traditional landscape photography with contemporary portrait lighting to isolate the fragile elements of the natural environment most immediately impacted by climate change. Like fossils these photographs create an impression of their physical form in an ever-changing environment. West continues to treat Climate Change as a multi-faceted issue and aligning his work with the scientific community's evolving approach to its resolve.