Joshua Allan Howard is a photographer based in Lexington, KY, a location that puts him in the heart of the continent and allows him easy access to its four incredible corners. Whether hiking through a blizzard in northern Utah, diving in the murky waters of the Puget Sound, or exploring the hills of Appalachia he finds himself at home in the humbling beauty of this world. He has a passion for capturing striking images of nature in all its vastness, beauty and overwhelming grandeur.

He has found his success when making not the final image his main goal but rather the journey. It is this experience along the way that gives him the drive and the focus to make his photography stand out from the crowd. His work has received an honorable mention in the 2008 & 2009 International Photo Awards and has been featured in multiple art exhibitions as well as the National Geographic Adventure Magazine’s website. His most recent achievement came when he was awarded a grant from the National Geographic Society’s Expeditions Council to direct a documentary as well as lead a team on a 12 month photo study in and around the mountains of Appalachia.
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Psalm 19:1-2 “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.  Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.”
 
Much of my work focuses on the concept of natural revelation; what can be learned about God merely through the observation of His creation.  The artwork is a study of intimate places and moments - where one cannot help but be enveloped by the constant echo of our Creator.  These intimate places are settings of tranquility and sereneness where, upon experiencing, one comes to the humble realization that they are nothing more than mere spectators in this world.  
 
Through the use of my photographic techniques, I hope to provide a unique experience for the viewer – a moment where one has the opportunity to be taken away from the things of man and immersed into the realization of the divinity and greatness of our Creator.

We are at a point in the photographic timeline where we have never before been so capable of capturing what we see before us. I started this process with film, then completely embraced the new digital age and am now learning to integrate the two...it can be a powerful combination.

With this digital power comes also a great need for restraint and responsibility. Saying this, I make every effort to capture only what the Lord has laid before my eyes, adding or subtracting nothing from the scene before me. For me, a successful image is captured not at the moment the shutter clicks but at the moment it is presented to the viewer. The steps that culminate to that successful image normally include a pre-visualization time before I even set up the tripod, the capturing of one or more exposures of a scene, the fine-tune adjusting (color correction, adjustments to tonality, contrast and luminosity) of the images in my digital darkroom and finally, a series of test prints before the print is ready to be signed and shipped. All of this is necessary to present you, the viewer, with an experience that hopefully rivals mine in intensity. -JH