PHOTOJOURNALISM

Natalie excels at documentary stories about real people and real life for magazines, corporations, and non-profits. She knows that those moments of life are the ones that too often go unrecorded. Each moment reflects a life. Each photo tells a story.

Natalie's clients range from the National Geographic Magazine to the Port of Seattle to the Gates Foundation; private and public collectors of photographic prints and kiln formed glass; corporations that need insightful executive business portraits to individuals who want unique portraits. Natalie Fobes was one of five photographers chosen to photograph His Holiness Dalai Lama up close and personal during his visit to Seattle.

Natalie was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her articles and photographs about Pacific Salmon. She continued this groundbreaking work for National Geographic and her first book, Reaching Home: Pacific Salmon, Pacific People. Natalie designed and managed a 43 print museum exhibit that opened at the Burke Museum and traveled to over two dozen other venues. She has won over 200 awards and has had three other books published of her work.

Natalie's documentary coverage of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill is considered one of the most comprehensive collections of that disaster. Her photographs were included in documentation presented before the US Supreme Court.

In recent years Natalie has added movement and depth to her still photos by working in kiln formed glass, fabric and multimedia. “Salmon in the Trees” was a commissioned public art project at Carkeek Park. She created and hung over 300 cloth flags with salmon photos in the trees over a salmon stream to represent the importance of salmon to our forests. For another commissioned public art exhibit, “Spring/Fall Convergence” Natalie created seven mobiles using hundreds of photos and hung them in the trees of Camp Long.