About Kim and her work
Welcome to my travel and conservation photography blog!
Glover River
My name is Kim Baker and I am an Oklahoma conservation photographer. I am a native Oklahoman – born in Muskogee and raised in Shawnee – today I live in the beautiful rolling hills of southern Lincoln County. I have been taking pictures since high school and never really stopped. Over the years, my interest in landscape and nature photography evolved into conservation and environmental photography. I want my work to inspire stewardship and protection of our world’s special places.
The land of Oklahoma, its rivers, mountains and prairies inspire me and I feel like I have barely scratched the surface of amazing places to photograph in Oklahoma. In 2001, I started a project documenting Oklahoma’s rivers in effort to raise awareness for the need for water conservation. My Oklahoma Rivers series exhibited at the Oklahoma State Capitol, the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission, the Jenks Aquarium, and JRB Art at the Elms and was profiled in Oklahoma Today Magazine, the Oklahoman, and the Oklahoma Gazette, Discover Oklahoma and News Channel 4’s “Great State”.
My photographic work has been used for conservation purposes by the Oklahoma Office of the Secretary of the Environment, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, the Oklahoma Biological Survey, the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Save the Illinois River (STIR), the Sierra Club, and the Oklahoma Chapter of the Nature Conservancy among others.
As a conservation photographer it is imperative my work help change minds and encourage protection for our environment and help steer public opinion that will result in lasting protection for earth’s vital ecosystems. The link between human health and healthy functioning ecosystems is direct and in danger. Every action counts. Join me as I explore this intrinsic link with photographs and thoughts from the field.
