Chihuly Garden and Glass A woman looking up at some glass artwork created by the artist Dale Chihuly at the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle Washington color photograph close up of a hand just about to pick up an light orange bocce pill ball that is laying on course sand in the high desert in Baja California 2006 A beautiful river with rocks and boulders surrounded by a forrest of evergreen trees in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile color photo of the Kootenai River with the midday sunlight shining into the water an showing the layers of rock below the surface. Dark storm clouds can be seen in the distance and a forest of evergreen trees grow on each side of the river. People are crossing the river and some are looking at the falls. looking up stream at the Kootenai river in Lincoln County Montana. The water is teal green the sky is blue with white and gray clouds and there's a forest of evergreen trees on either side of the river. a wide angle photograph of a large steep canyon wall lit with bright mid day sunlight and a woman standing at the bottom of a very large and steep canyon mountain wall face. There are some trees in the forego but they don't have leaves because it's wintertime. A small patch of blue sky can be seen at the top of a mountain and shade of the peaks darken the canyon floor. Refugio beer while hiking the W in Patagonia Hiking the W-Trek, Torres del Paine, Patagonia (Chile) Two woman enjoy the view of the ocean in Big Sur California Three Thai elephants walking free down a dirt road in Chiang Mai, Thailand Chris Keeney self portrait with Thai elephants in the mountains near Chiang Mai de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Orcas Island Washington State A self portrait of Chris Keeney standing on the metal walkway at the top of the Saxhóll Crater Iceland Snæfellsjökull National Park A small wooden black church with white multiple paned windows and a white door. located in a wide open landscape with green grass and the ocean and mountains in the background. Vancouver Island beach sand on my feet Zion National Park Panoramic Photograph Dashboard window of Oaxaca Mexico taxi driver Looking through the wind swept branches of a large cypress tree at number 41 Point Cabrillo Head Lightkeeper's House at the Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park. Mendocino, California A nigh-time long exposure of Chris Keeney standing a a narrow slot canyon in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego panoramic smartphone photograph of woman looking at water of the Tuolumne River flowing into a large pool surrounded by rocks pine trees and mountains. The sun is shining, the sky is blue and there are small white fluffy clouds. panoramic photo of the Tuolumne River in The Tuolumne Meadows with blue skies and small white fluffy clouds night time view of the head of a Buddha statue outside the Wat Inthakhin Sadue Muang in the Old City of Chiang Mai in Thailand. Warm gold, brick red and ivory colors can be seen with ornate wooden carved details on the facade. A car with its headlights on passing on the street next to the temple. horizontal portrait of my wife standing in the doorway of a hallway at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand A close-up photograph of vertical stripes of green, yellow, orange, blue, red stripes of colorful prayer flags hanging during the New Year at the Wat Lok Moli Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand view of prayer flags hanging in front of the Wat Lok Moli Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai with the symbols rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon and snake of the Chinese New Year colorful and painterly photographic interpretation of the feeling of the colorful prayer flags hanging at the Wat Lok Moli Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand A view of a woman standing in a hallway with thousands of tiny colored mirrors that reflect the sunlight onto the wall and people walking next to them at The Grand Palace in Bangkok Thailand. Three elephants in an open field eating sugar cane stalks at an elephant nature park in Chiang Mai Thailand artistic view of golden Chedi with elephants sticking out of it at the Wat Phra Singh Woramahawihan Golden Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand Looking thjrough the orchid and flower garden at the ช่อฟ้า (Chofa) on two of the buildings. wide angle color photograph of a women stain in an entryway looking out onto a plaza with multiple stupas. It appears she's taking a photo with her phone of a person standing on a staircase in the background. color photograph of a wooden carved Buddha that's painted gold and surrounded by a decorative floral design. In between the floral design are small square pieces of colored glass (green, purple, and red) photographed in Chiang Mai, Thailand a wide angle panoramic photograph of the entryway into a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. On either side of the golden gated door there are two bells or gongs that can be rung before entering the temple. A large gold Buddha can be seen in the back of the temple. Red is the primary color on the walls photograph of Chris Keeney with two Thai Elephants in the mountains outside Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2023 wide angle panoramic photograph of the Wat Chalong Buddhist Temple in Phuket Thailand. A room filled with gold colored Buddhas with flowers and trees. The columns going up to the white ceiling are ornate and have a red and gold triangular motif. People are seen walking around the temple in the background color photograph of a large female Asian elephant reaching it's trunk outwards towards the photographers lens. You can see inside her trunk. A creative view of the buddha on the side of the Wat Phra Singh Woramahaviharn temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. looking through the palm fronds at the golden elephant stature at the Wat Phra Singh Temple Chiang Mai Thailand wood carved Buddha with floral decoration with a monkey and an elephant with small square red, blue, purple and green glass mosaic tiles in a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai Thailand color photograph of a buddhas under a red awning with stupas in the background a view of Julie and Chris Keeney in the back of a Tuk Tuk on the streets of the old city in Chiang Mai a photo of a large colorfully painted street statue of man with a out of gold on the street of Phuket a young girl watches and waits as a Thai woman prepares a large crepe with Nutella and bananas at the Night Bazaar in the old city of Chiang Mai, Thailand photo of two woman selling different types of Thai food at a night market in Chiang Mai, Thailand Looking through yellow and orange colored flowers of the decor inside the Chaithararam Temple Wat Chalong buddhist temple in Phuket, Thailand wide angle photograph looking through two separate red painted doorways at a woman wearing a teal top and a black dress, sunglasses and a white bucket hat. A gold colored Buddha can be seen in the foreground. a photograph inside a Buddhist temple of the beautiful teak wood designs made into the wood on the walls and furniture. A woman is sitting in a chair in the background. A photo of my wide Julie walking around the Buddhist temple of Wat Arun Ratchawararam in Bangkok, Thailand wearing a shirt bucket hat, sunglasses and a blue tank top A Thai fire dancer spinning some fire in his hand on the beach in Koh Samui Thailand panoramic photograph of the Banyan Tree Hotel in Koh Samui, Thailand A woman standing with her arm on a white railing wearing a hat, dark sunglasses, blue top and black skirt with the Wat Chalong Temple in the background in Thailand A view inside one of the first couple floors of the Rup Muean Chao-athikan Wat Chalong Museum buddhist temple in the Chalong Subdistrict, Mueang Phuket District Thailand Looking through the glass display on the top floor of the Wat Chalong Buddhist Temple in Phuket Thailand Chris Keeney standing on the Glymur waterfall trail with the Botnsá river and Hvalfjordur Fjord in the background. A woman standing behind a large round shiny metal sundial at the Saxhóll Crater in Snæfellsjökull National Park Looking through some trees on Skólavörðustígur street at the Hallgrímskirkja Church with people walking around colorful red, white and yellow buildings. Chris Keeney sitting down and taking a rest stop while hiking the Fimmvörðuháls Trail in Þórsmörk Iceland 2024 a color photograph of a white and orange colored van driving really fast across a volcanic desert in the highlands of Iceland. Small white flowers grown on the flat sand desert floor. color photograph of the Eldhraun lava field Woolly covered in fringe-moss and unfortunately a trail leading into the moss created by people crossing the ropes that say "do not cross". Now the moss is dead and most likely will take a long time to grow back A reflection of Chris Keeney in the glass window of the Harpa Concert Hall Reykjavík Iceland Photo of Chris Keeney wearing sunglasses and drinking a beer at the Blue Lagoon which is located in Southwestern Iceland. The water is a light turquoise color due to the silt in the water. View of the Gullfoss Waterfall with a rainbow crossing over the Hvítá River and blue sky with puffy clouds in Iceland Red car parked on the street in front of a dark gray house with the number 47 on the side reflecting a red house that is across the street in the window. There is a large number 30 painted on the street. A view from inside a hotel in downtown Reykjavík of two chairs next to each other a large window looking out onto the street. A man in shorts is walking a dog into the building Photo of Chris Keeney standing next to the Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat statue next to the City Hall building with blue sky and puffy white clouds in Reykjavik, Iceland 2023 A reflection of Chris Keeney looking through one of the many windows of the Harpa concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. Chris walking with his wife along the grassy bluffs of The Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland Panoramic photograph of my wife standing next to the hexagonal columns of Dverghamrar located in Kirkjubæjarklaustur which is in southern Iceland A view of ice and Icebergs floating in water in the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon in Iceland. Blue sky with puffy clouds all blend together in dance of shape and color A woman wearing a blue rain jacket black pants, rust colored shirt and sunglasses while standing on a small metal dock with two red Zodiac boats docked. Iceberg in the water and snow capped mountains in the background Red triangular sign on Sugandisey Island near the town of Stykkishólmur in Northern Iceland photograph of yellow, orange and black ships down at the dock in Reykjavík, Iceland A reflection of San Diego photographer Chris Keeney in a convex mirror near the Grótta Island Lighthouse in Reykjavík Iceland. Graphic photograph of white, black and red ship details in the Reykjavík harbor Portrait of Chris Keeney at TeamLab Borderless an international art collective in Tokyo Japan Wde angle photograph of the Adashino Nenbutsuji Temple in Kyoto Japan color photograph of a white Buddhist stupa nestled in some leaves and branches of Japanese maple trees in the Ryōan-ji Zen Temple in Kyoto Japan Famous Sanmon Gate Japanese Zen Buddhist temple with the sun shinning through the trees and people walking on the stone walkway. A woman with a walking stick standing on the rock stairs under a large red and black torii gate that leads up to the Kamikura-Jinja Shrine in Shingu City, Japan color photograph of the canopy of trees in the forest at the Kinkaku-ji Temple in Kyoto Japan framing some puffy white clouds in the blue sky. Leaves with shades of green, yellow, orange and amber can be seen on the trees. Wide angle panoramic photo of a woman hiking through a forest of evergreen trees on the Kumano Kodo trail in Japan. a view of a 10-story stone pagoda seen through the trees in the garden of a Buddhist temple in Kyoto Japan Seeing the sunlight through the trees at a temple in Kyoto Japan A silhouette of a multi level stone Buddhist pagoda sculpture in the garden in Kyoto, Japan. Colorful sun flares can be seen bursting into the image while being framed with beautiful green trees around the edge of the photo color photograph of Nachi Buddha at the shrine for humanity harmony Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva world peace shrine in Japan. A tall black statue inside a wooden structure with kanji placards hung on the wall. An offering of fruit and bread as well as a green leafed plant are at the base. Stone light gray floor. color photograph of a woman standing under the large Kuguri sugi cedar tree on the Taikoiwa trail on the island of Yakushima Japan color photograph looking down at the Jomon-sugi Cedar Trail in Yakushima Japan. You can see two people one wearing orange and the other wearing blue rain jackets and black pants the trail is covered in running water with moss and ferns growing. There is a line to prevent people from going into the forest color photograph of a brass dragon head with water coming out of his mouth into a bamboo ramp that feeds into a stone wash basin for people to cleanse their hands before entering the Shinto temple of Kumano Nachi Taisha black and white high contrast silhouette of people talking in front of a wall of monitors showing what appears to be Japanese calligraphy brush strokes in motion. The shapes of the people's silhouette merge with the writing and the black frame around the photo holds everything nicely. a photograph taken inside one of the rooms of the TeamLabs Borderless art Museum in Tokyo Japan of a bunch of people standing in a room of glowing glass spheres with tiny lights inside them and mirrors on the floors, walls and ceiling. a woman standing on a stone path that leads up through a cedar forest in Japan leading to the Kumano Nachi Taisha Shinto shrine in Japan a photo of the path leading the the vibrant orange Shinto torii gates at the Fushimi Inari Taisha a photo of the moonlight sky over the ocean in Yakushima Japan a reflection of Chris Keeney and his wife at Teamblabs Borderless art Museum in Tokyo Japan looking down at a floor with mirrors on it reflecting up at a myriad of lights and mirrors. You can see people feet/shoes and legs Colorful Japanese fishing tapestry of a fish and a lobster in a boat with the crane flying in the air a whale and a turtle in the ocean Looking up through the branches and leaves of a beautiful tree in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden Tokyo Japan color photo of a bunch of glass balls hanging from the ceiling with lots of colorful lights illuminating inside of them and people walking around inside a room with mirrors on the floor, ceiling and walls. Color image of three men walking up the stone steps leading to the Kumano Nachi Taisha Shinto shrine in Japan. Strong backlighting creates a starburst in the sky with colorful octagonal shapes mixing with white rays of light a color photograph of one of the hallways in the the Shōren-in Buddhist temple in Kyoto Japan. You can see a large work of art with Japanese brush stroke kanji characters written on a gold two panel wood art piece. color photograph of a Japanese maple tree casting a shadow of its leaves on a white wall in Kyoto Japan color photograph of a forest or garden of Kitayama cedar trees that have been pollarded so their trunks are straight like poles with no branches except for the top a color photograph broken into three sections. The first section is a red banner with white hand and stenciled Japanese kanji writing. The next section starts with a vertical green pole that is supporting the red banner to the left. In this section is a concrete base with support beam holding up a structure that has wood carvings on it. The next section is a blue banner with white kanji writing close-up view of a red paper lantern with white and black Japanese kanji writing on it at Senso-ji Temple in Tokyo, Japan eight people dancing and carrying a large golden dragon in front of Asakusa's Senso-ji Temple in Tokyo, Japan on October 18th, 2024 color photograph of a view from a Buddhist Japanese cemetery in Kyoto Japan. You can see a ten story stone pagoda framed by green and red leaves of the Japanese maple trees. The sky is blur and their are puffy clouds in the horizon. A wide angle view of a beautiful Japanese Buddhist cemetery in Kyoto, Japan with colorful Japanese maple tree leaves in all the colors of fall. Green, yellow, orange; and brown. You can see stone tombstones covered in lichen and moss on the ground. The sun is out and the sky is blue Color panoramic photo taken from The Kumano Kodō Nakahechi Route in Kii Mountains Japan color photograph of a close-up of a white sign in front of the Buddha cedar tree in the Yakusugi tree in Yakushima, Japan. It says the tree is one thousand and eight hundred years old and eight meters wide at the circumference wide angle photo looking up at the large Japanese cedar tree called the Buddhasugi in the Yakusugi Land park in Yakushima Japan color photo of a large tree stump that has been laid in the path of a trail and carved with an axe or knife to help create traction on the wood when it's wet. Bracken ferns and moss can be see on the sides of the trail in Yakusugi Land in Yakushima Japan looking up trough the forest canopy at a the top of a Japanese cedar tree in Yakusugi Land on the Island of Yakushima, Japan. Blue sky and scattered clouds can be seen above the trees. color photograph looking up a canyon with a river and a forest of Japanese cedars on both side in the Yakusugi Land forest in Yakushima, Japan a view looking up at the forest canopy of Japanese cedar trees at Yakusugi Land in Yakushima, Japan color photograph of a wooden foot bridge crossing a small river in Yakusugi Land on the island of Yakushima Japan. The railing of the bridge leading your eye across the path of bridge to the other side. a beautiful view looking up at the forest canopy of Japanese cedar, Tabu and Shii trees with blue sky and clouds above the tops of the trees color photograph of a woman hiking on a trail in the Saguaro National Park in Tucson Arizona with puffy white clouds and blue sky and mountains in the distance a woman with a blue backpack hiking down the angels landing trail in Zion National Park with a view of the trail with the chain assist and the canyon below looking up through the pine trees of the layers of red sandstone trail as a person hikes down the chained part of Angels Landing in Zion National Park in Utah a woman wearing a blue puffer jacket and black beanie hat hiking through the narrow box canyon section of the Angels Landing trail in Zion National Park, Utah a woman standing on the trail looking back at the camera with pine trees in the foreground and red sandstone mountains in the background with blue sky and white clouds in Zion National Park in Utah a view out the window of a train passing the city of Osaka with stairwells on the side of buildings and red and blue street signs Chris Keeney standing at the top of Shibuya Sky in Tokyo Japan looking down at the street and building below black and white abstract view of looking through the window of a tall building in Tokyo Japan with flowers and art hanging from the ceiling. a photo of the curved rooflines of the Aso Jinja Shinto shrine in Japan a small silver colored car driving down the narrow street of Setoda on ikuchij island with a number of bicycles parked on the sidewalk Large painted statue of Kannon 観音 or also know as Avalokiteshvara the Buddha of compassion. color photo of the abstract white rock formations carved by Japanese artist Ittō Kuetani called the Hill of Hope color photograph of Taro Okamoto's Tree of Children art installation in Tokyo Japan silhouette of Japanese woman taking a photo of the city of Tokyo from through the window of a tall skyscraper with flowers and plants in the foreground black and white photo of Kohei Nawa's "white deer" sculpture reflecting in the window in Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho black and white photograph looking up at a white deer sculpture with a skyscraper behind it in Tokyo Japan a view from one of the windows in the Portal Museum Hacchi in Hachinohe Japan showing blue, red and white colored buildings with window and people walking on the street color photograph of the orange roofline at the Kosanji Buddhist Temple on Ikuchijima Island in the Hiroshima prefecture Japan Black and white high contrast photograph of the buildings, metro and streets of Tokyo seen from the train black and white photograph of downtown Tokyo with geometric lines both vertical and horizontal view of the city from Shibuya Sky which is one of the tallest buildings in Tokyo Japan black and white abstract photography of reflections in the windows as the train passes by in Tokyo Japan a view looking inside a bunch of swan pedal boats all lined up next to each other on Jōdogahama Beach, Japan black and white photograph of apartments with their balconies in downtown Tokyo Japan Black and white photograph of building seen from the window of the Shinkansen High Speed Bullet Train in Japan a rusted metal warning sign found at the observation point near the Sakiyama Blowhole in the Sanriku Fukko National Park Japan Color panoramic photograph of The Michinoku Coastal Trail from Fudai Bay to Tanohata along the Pacific ocean in Japan a view through the pine trees of hide island and Jodogahama along the coast of Miyako Bay in the city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan Black and white silhouette trees on top of an island just off the coast of Japan along the Michinoku Coastal Trail Black and white silhouette trees on top of small islands just off the coast of Japan along the Michinoku Coastal Trail a color photograph of one of the many beautifully painted Buddhas at the Kosanji Temple in Japan dreamlike view of a body of water with a green hue with clouds and steam or mist on top. Small ripples cover the surface of the water and bits of sunlight peer through the clouds to sparkle on the surface. color photo of a picture galleries showing different species of plants and flowers that can be seen while hiking the Tanesashi Coast which is part of the Michinoku Coastal Trail in Northeastern Japan Woman walking next to nesting black-tailed seagulls at Kabushima Shrine in Hachinohe Japan color photograph of a Japanese cherry tree in full bloom in the spring of 2025 in Hachinohe Japan soft painterly view of the pink blossoms Japanese cherry treenext to a large green lawn of in Spring. Hachinohe, Japan April 2025 black and white photograph taken from inside the airplane at Osaka airport in Japan. You can see the propeller of the plane and another aircraft taxing the runway black and white photograph of two twin engine prop airplanes on the runway at the Osaka airport in Japan. You can see the numbers on the ground taxing for take off. Japan 2024 black and white photograph of buildings seen from the window of the Shinkansen High Speed Bullet Train in Japan Black and white photo taken through the window of buildings passing by the Shinkansen high speed bullet train in Tokyo, Japan Black and white photograph of the view from the window on the Shinkansen high speed bullet train from Tokyo Japan of buildings Chris Keeney reflecting in one of the windows of the Kosanji Buddhist temple in Japan black and white abstract geometrical abstract photography of the Hachinohe Portal Museum, Japan black and white photograph of the electrical wires above the Shinkansen High Speed Bullet Train from Tokyo Japan view through square window at Hachinohe Portal Museum in Japan of cars parked in a parking lot and signs with Japanese kanji written on them black and white geometrically composed street photograph of a city light shaped like a tree with multiple white light globes with a building with square windows behind it black and white ethereal photograph of the Ōyunohara Shinto torii gate Black and white photograph of a restaurant in Pontocho Alley in the city of Kyoto, Japan a photograph of a wood pile neatly stacked with wall with geometrical red and white designs mixed with wood beams and metal pipes. An evergreen tree with and a blue tarp can be seen in the distance. Photography of the irori inside Nejo Castle in Hachinohe, Japan. Wooden floors, straw floor mats, metal kettle, square sand fireplace and sliding doors with geometrical pattern color photo of large torii gate (Otorii) at the Ōyunohara Sanctuary in Japan statue of a fox that someone had wrapped a red bandanna around its head at the Kushihiki Hachimangu Shrine in Hachinohe Japan color photograph of business people dressed in black and white getting off a yellow train on the Tokyo metro Black and white street photography of a street in Osaka, Japan with cars, buildings, signs, wires and the number 22 Black and white photograph with strong backlighting from the sun. Tree in foreground looking down street in the city of Osaka Japan Black and white photograph of business buildings in Osaka, Japan. Vertical, horizontal, and various angles creating a geometric design and composition. Black and white photograph of apartment buildings in Osaka Japan Black and white photograph of bright sunlight shining into the camera and Tain window causing the light to reflect onto the apartment building next to the train. Trees on the right side of the photo Black and white photograph of building and roads next to the train track in Osaka Japan. Black and white photograph of the city of Osaka through a window in a passing train. The afternoon setting sun shines at the train windows and they reflect sunlight onto the buildings creating motion picture like frames of light. Black and white photography that plays with geometric rhythm of shapes and patterns in an urban environment in Osaka, Japan ~2024 Black and white geometrical shapes of the streets of Osaka Japan. People walking down a street that has the number 30 painted on the asphalt. black and white street photography Osaka Japan showing apartment building with outside staircases, a sidewalk with a person walking on it. Black and white street photography in Osaka Japan. Geometrical composition of a building with platforms with Japanese kanji painted on them Black and white photograph of a close up of a building in downtown Osaka, Japan with vertical and horizontal lines, squares of windows, doors and wires. 大阪のストリートフォトグラフィー Black and white photography Osaka Japan 大阪のストリートフォトグラフィー Black and white photograph looking under a bridge and street with a person walking on it in Osaka, Japan Black and white photograph of random geometric shapes and Japanese Kanji photographed on the street in Japan 2025 Black and white photograph of downtown Osaka Japan with building, trucks and strong backlighting giving an inspiring photographic experience Black and white photograph of an apartment building with multiple levels and balconies, windows and doors in Osaka Japan black and white photography of apartment buildings with curved balconies and a street with shops on it. Criss crossing power and telephone lines in the foreground. Looking into the inner courtyard (which is roped off) at the historic Japanese architecture of the Aso Jinja Shrine in Japan. Beautiful woodwork with a mixture of curved and straight lines make for a impressive looking building. photograph of the interior structures of the Aso Shrine.

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Traveling could be my favorite thing to do. I’m always inspired by seeing new places, people and cultures. It is in these journey’s that I create some of my best images and memories.

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September 14, 2020

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