Acclaimed Western Photographers ~ Donald Kemp

This gallery accompanies the blog entry "Wow Photo Wednesday" featuring one of Donald Kemp's photos, and providing a biography of this important Colorado photographer.

Acclaimed Western Photographers

A.D. Breed, Eben Smith, Wm. Bryant

View of Echo Lake near Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, Colorado; pine forest and narrow beaches surround the water. Cumulus clouds top snow dotted mountain peaks in the distance.

An unidentified woman sits on a large boulder near Long Lake west of Ward in Boulder County, Colorado. Additional smaller boulders are also in the foreground. Tall pine trees stand along the shore of the lake in the background. A ridge of mountains is in the distance.

Pine trees stand on a hillside in the foreground in This view looking north toward a ridge of mountains in the distance from Berthoud Pass on the border of Clear Creek and Grand counties in Colorado. Small patches of snow are on the mountains in the distance. Cumulus clouds form a thunderhead anvil in the distance.

An unidentified man stands in water up to his thighs fishing in Trappers Lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness in Garfield County, Colorado. He is partially blocked by a shrub and marshy grass. A large rock cliff tops the ridge of mountains in the distance on the far shore of the lake. Tall pine trees also stand on the shore of the lake in the background. Blades of marshy grass protrude into the foreground.

Rugged mountains stand in the distance in This view of Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park in Larimer County, Colorado. Tall pine trees stand on the far shore of the lake.

A large rock and tree branches stand in the foreground on the shore of Lake Isabelle in Boulder County, Colorado. Several smaller rocks also lie in the foreground. A ridge of jagged mountains with patches of snow on them is in the distance on the far shore of the lake.

Two pine trees stand among large rocks on the near shore of Diamond Lake in Boulder County in This view looking toward Arapaho Peak in the distance on the border of Boulder and Grand counties in Colorado. Small patches of snow are on Arapaho Peak.

The remains of a buffalo skull lie on the ground in the Flat Tops Wilderness north of Glenwood Springs on the border of Garfield and Rio Blanco counties in Colorado.

Two unidentified women sit on rocks in the left foreground on the near shore of St. Mary's Lake looking toward St. Mary's Glacier in Clear Creek County, Colorado. Tall trees stand on the shore of the lake in the right midground and near where the two women sit.

Gilfillan, John A.

John A. (Jack) Gilfillan, John H. Kemp (father of the photographer) and J. B. Rowley sit on a log railing in front of a log cabin in Eldora, a mining town in Boulder County, Colorado. The three men each helped found the town in the late 1890s. All three wear hats. Gilfillan and Rowley hold newspapers in their hands, and Kemp has a cigarette in his right hand.

A group of three unidentified people is in the left foreground in the Mammoth Basin west of Apex in Gilpin County, Colorado. One person sits alone and the other two are farther away, one sitting on a rock, the other standing. In the distance, the rocky ridge of James Peak has small patches of snow on it. James Peak stands where Gilpin, Grand and Clear Creek Counties converge in Colorado.

A large pine tree, possibly a Bristlecone Pine, stands in the foreground with its branches growing toward one side near Rollins Pass in Gilpin County, Colorado. Additional pine trees stand in the background along the hill. Photographer titled the image "Spirit o' the Storm."

A set of wagon wheels sits half submerged in the water on the edge of Lost Lake west of Eldora in Boulder County, Colorado. A portion of the nearer wheel is missing. Pieces of wood float near the set of wheels.

Patches of snow remain on Arapaho Peak during the summer in This distant view from the head of Gamble Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. Arapaho Peak is on the border of Boulder and Grand Counties. Cumulus and cirrus clouds fill the sky.

Silver Lake stands in the foreground in Boulder County, Colorado, with a ridge of mountains in the distance. Tall pine trees stand on the far shore of the lake. Patches of snow are on the distant peaks. Large clouds are in the sky.

Patches of snow remain on Arapaho Peak during the summer in This distant view from the head of Gamble Gulch in Gilpin County, Colorado. Arapaho Peak is on the border of Boulder and Grand Counties. Cumulus and cirrus clouds fill the sky.