Grand Prismatic Spring in Midway Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA

John Elk III’s photographs resonate with depth and personality because he not only photographs worldwide locales, he immerses himself in their cultures. With his wife and business partner, Elk heads a travel stock company that has amassed a library of 300,000 images from 30 U.S. states and more than 50 countries in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Spending half the year on photographic forays, he once took nearly 2,000 file images in Jordan. Elk’s insightful photographs are featured in numerous guidebooks, magazines, textbooks and catalogs.