Tom Gamache Bio

Tom Gamache grew up in New England where he experienced the wonder and beauty of the outdoors exploring the areas many lakes, rivers and mountains. He attended Boston University’s School of Public Communication where he studied photography and broadcasting. His interest in the popular cultures of broadcasting, music and art continue, but it is in the field of Landscape Photography that he has found mastery, accomplishment and fulfillment.
After more than 30 years as a professional fine art photographer, Tom Gamache’s name has become synonymous with exquisite natural and cultural landscape photography. His company "Wandering Around Outdoors" was appropriately named for his legendary road trip adventures, often covering many thousands of on-the-ground miles discovering, rediscovering and resolving his experiences into images that capture the art, the power and the ever-changing personality of nature.

Based upon his many years of outdoor experience, Tom offered the first "Wandering Around Outdoors" photography workshop more than seven years ago. The current workshop offering called the "Masters Program" combines both classroom examples and demonstrations with field assignments and lively discussions. The Masters Program is a proven, concise and easy-to-follow curriculum that describes and displays the principles, devices and secrets used for centuries by world renowned masters of both painted and photographic landscapes.  The Masters Program emphasizes composition and camera control, both digital and film, so you can capture nature's beauty and complexity just as the Masters did.

His work appears in many domestic and international books and magazines as well as interpretive displays and visitor centers from Maine's Acadia National Park to Sequoia/Kings Canyon, Death Valley and Yosemite National Parks in California. Other recent credits include:

1. State of California - Senate Contemporary Art Collection – Statehouse, Sacramento California 2009 – 2011

2. “Range on the Edge / The Santa Monica Mountains” A new and comprehensive book with acclaimed western writer Matthew Jaffe is now available from Angel City Press, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and many other retail outlets and on-line.

3. Installation Commission: Large Format Print Gallery, IDS-Investment Development Services. LA, CA - ongoing 

4. Mural Commission: Death Valley National Park Visitor Center mural

5. Commercial/Architectural Commission: Interior and exterior photography of industrial, commercial and residential properties throughout Southern California, IDS – ongoing.

6. Tom’s work is held in commercial, business, institutional, public and private collections. 

Books, Exhibitions and Awards:

• Angel City Press: ‘Range on the Edge/The Santa Monica Mountains’  
• Gardens of the World, Thousand Oaks, CA: One man show 
• Sierra Club Books: ‘The Magnificent Santa Monica Mountains’
• Sierra Club Books – ‘Wild LA’
• Presidents Choice Award: Channel Islands Art Center, California State Univ. Channel Islands
• Sierra Club Books: “Wild LA” – Participating photographer
• Peoples Choice Award: First Place TO Art Association
• Great Basin National Park: National Park Photography Grant

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