Welcome to MountainWorld™
Photography, your source for highest quality
images of the mountains, people, & cultures of
our world.
With 18 years of experience
traveling and photographing the world’s mountain
regions, Jake is consistently able to bring a
wide range of clients the images they need.
From Outside Magazine &
National Geographic Adventure to Ford
Motor Company & The Discovery Channel,
MountainWorld™ Photography has a long list of
satisfied, repeat clients. Jake’s photographic
skill, prompt business practice, and attention
to detail combine to satisfy even the most
demanding deadlines.
Having stepped into the
digital age in 1999, Jake’s 12,000+ image stock
library is available for online image previews
(upon request), as well as digital image
delivery via email, ftp, or CD-ROM. Of course,
delivery of original color chromes is also
available.
If you need images,
MountainWorld™ Photography is your source.
About Jake Norton:
Photography has always been an
integral part of my life. As a child, I would
sit for hours in our den, perusing back issues
of National Geographic, and dreaming of
someday visiting the places depicted in these
magazines.
The world first opened to me
through the medium of climbing at age 12 (1986)
when I climbed Mount Rainier. I was immediately
hooked - not just on the mountains, but also on
the people who inhabit, live, and work in these
pristine places. During my three years at
Holderness School,
I continued climbing and developed my
photographic skills. During my senior year, I
traveled to Nepal for the first time and became
enamored with the people and cultures of the
Himalayan region. My sophomore and senior years
at
The Colorado
College
brought me back to Nepal for
study (School
for International Training)
and for my thesis (Newar
Buddhism in Bhaktapur: Eleventh Century India in
Contemporary Nepal) .
Since then, I have
traveled the world
as a guide (for
Rainier
Mountaineering, Inc.,
International
Mountain Guides,
and
Mountain Link)
and photographer. My journeys have taken me all
over the world: 16 expeditions to the Himalaya
(including 5 Everest expeditions and 2 Cho Oyu
expeditions), 5 expeditions to Peru, 5
expeditions to the Alps, 2 expeditions to
Denali, 86 summits of Mount Rainier via 6
routes, three expeditions to Kilimanjaro, and many
other trips and expeditions worldwide. I was a
climbing team member and photographer for the
1999 & 2001 Mallory & Irvine Research
Expeditions to Everest's Northeast Ridge. In
the spring of 2002, I was hired by Discovery and
Ford Motor Company to photograph the 2002
American Women's "No Boundaries" Everest
Expedition, and, on May 18, 2002, I reached the
29,035 foot summit of Mount Everest via the
Southeast Ridge route. I returned yet again to
Everest in the spring of 2003, this time to the
Northeast Ridge to photograph Global Extremes
Mt. Everest: The 4Runners of Adventure
television series for the Outdoor Life Network
and Toyota. I reached the summit - shooting
still images as well as live video - on May 30,
2003.
Despite my varied travels, my
specialty remains the Himalayan regions of Nepal
and Tibet. With fluency in
Nepaleselanguage and an intimate
knowledge of Himalayan people and cultures, I
have a unique inroad to these spectacular
societies.
If you are a
photo buyer, or are in the market for a unique
image from the world’s high places,
contact me
at MountainWorld™ Photography. I have the images
you need.
Check out the
books which cover the 1999 & 2001 Mallory &
Irvine Research Expeditions; Jake was a major
photographic contributor to both, and authored
Chapter Four in "Detectives on Everest."
Ghosts
of Everest The story of the 1999
Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition, including
details of the stunning discovery of George
Leigh Mallory's remains high on Everest.
Read my
reflections on finding Mallory's remains in 1999
here.
Detectives
on Everest The story of the 2001
Mallory & Irvine Research Expedition and the
harrowing, high-altitude rescues undertaken by
the climbing team members.
Read
Chapter Four of Detectives on Everest -
which was written by me - by clicking
here.
If you
are interested in a signed copy of either of
these works, please
contact me.
After 16
trips to the Himalayan region, Jake has become
deeply involved in the lives of the people of
Nepal and Tibet. Jake is now a board member of a
fabulous non-profit organization called
Porters' Progress.
Please take the time to visit the Porters'
Progress website; you will learn a great deal
about the backbone of Himalayan commerce and
tourism, the proud and oft-forgotten Himalayan
porter. And, perhaps you will be inspired to
make a tax-deductible donation in their behalf.
Jake
Norton/MountainWorld™ Photography proudly
supports the following charities:
