Marty Knapp Biography

Marty Knapp Biography

Marty Knapp has been a fine art photographer in California for over thirty years. The artist first became passionate about photography when his grandfather gave him a 35mm rangefinder at the age of eleven. Knapp recalls the experience fondly. “That a small tin can could hold the world in it.” With the inspirational work of Ansel Adams as a guide, Knapp focused his lens on landscapes that capture the beauty and wonder of our world.

Marty Knapp was born 1947 in Connecticut. He received his education at Tufts University, Massachusetts. In 1968 he moved to California and in 1973 he settled in the village of Point Reyes Station. In 1986 he began a series of black & white photographs featuring dramatic moments of light in and around Point Reyes wilderness. More recently he photographed the Oregon Coast, the California desert and the Southwest plateau. Marty’s primary camera is a Horseman 985 that previously belonged to the great American photographer, Peter Stackpole.