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Five bodies of work.

Northern light, west coast rain, and whatever walks into frame.

Every photograph here was taken by me, and edited the way any photograph is — exposure, contrast, colour. None of it is generated, and nothing has been added that wasn't in front of the lens.

All workLandscapeWildlifeAstro & AuroraPeople and PortraitsEvents
Sunbeams breaking through cloud over Duffey Lake at sunset, the mountains on either side mirrored in still water below
39 photographs

Landscape

Waterfalls on Vancouver Island, the Mackenzie River breaking up in spring, lighthouses along the Oregon coast, and mountain passes in the Yukon.

A Canada lynx walking through bare willow scrub in deep snow, ear tufts raised and its gaze turned toward the camera
46 photographs

Wildlife

Bison, bears, lynx, and foxes — mostly from Kluane and the Northwest Territories, always from a distance that let them carry on with their day.

Green aurora arcing over a wide northern waterfall, the water smoothed by a long exposure with spruce forest on the far bank
36 photographs

Astro & Aurora

Long exposures under northern skies, most of them made on the lakes around Yellowknife between 2021 and 2022. Thirty seconds at a time, in temperatures that argue with batteries.

Black and white photograph of a lone figure walking a rain-slick fishing dock between moored boats
19 photographs

People and Portraits

Grads, friends, afternoon light, and the occasional self-portrait taken because nobody else was standing there.

Four short-track speed skaters cornering in a tight line at the Arctic Winter Games
50 photographs

Events

The 2026 Arctic Winter Games, music festivals, and open mic nights — available light, fast lenses, and no second takes.

© 2026 Matthew Archer
Whitehorse, Yukon
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