Artist Biography
In 1978, Frederic Joy began Light Reflections Gallery in Jackson Hole, Wyoming to showcase exhibition photographic prints.  He saw the potential that the genre of nature photography offered as a fine art. This venue has provided thousands of clients with fine prints for over 25 years.  And Jackson Hole has been a home base from which to travel and photograph.

Frederic Joy acquired his interest in photography via family tradition, his grandfather C. L Joy who was a professional photographer in Utah in the early 1900's.  Frederic attended Brooks Institute of Photography.  Two seminars with Ansel Adams gave him the tradition of fine photographic printing and large format nature photography.  Notable elements of his work include a strong ability to reveal and abstract, and a keen sense of light.

His images have appeared in many exhibits including juried shows at the Nicolaysen Museum and Joslyn Art Museum.  In 1997 the Wyoming Arts Council awarded him a fellowship for excellence in the visual arts.  He works wherever he can find great locations but still favors the desert southwest.  Many years spent in nature have led to a passion for things wild and the remaining great open spaces in the world.

Frederic Joy has been featured several times in Outdoor Photographer Magazine, having also been portrayed in the July 2003 issue as one of the world's Landscape Masters.  Images have also appeared in Mountain Living Magazine, Sierra, Wilderness, Bon Appetit, Travel and Leisure, the L.A. Times.  His corporate clients have included Life of Montana Insurance, Jackson Hole Ski Corp, Real Estate of Jackson Hole, Granite Seed Co., Country Walkers, Qwest Communications and Four Seasons Resorts.