Nancy Cherry Eifert – Perceptive Photography
Acres of alpine lilies – Olympic National Park
A Passion for Showing Nature to Others
One can’t spend a life outdoors loving nature without building a passion for showing it to other people, and this is what Nancy’s photography is all about. She’s traveled the world, lived in Turkey as a child, hiked the trails of Yosemite and Zion, Glacier and Banff and let it all soak in. What comes out after all these experiences are the tasty details of nature most might miss. Her photos are all about brief moments of contact, when her camera and nature’s singular moments come together.
Nancy has painted and photographed nature for decades. Besides gallery shows and web sales, her work is seen on interpretive exhibits, including the Schulman Grove of Bristlecone Pines, the oldest trees on Earth.
Grand Ridge Trail, the highest trail in Olympic National Park, WA.
At Home in the Forest
Her Port Townsend home (known as the Lodge) is in a sunny meadow surrounded by cedar, Douglas-fir and alder forest. It is also home to many birds and animals – over 90 species at last count, and for years Nancy has worked to create a safe haven for them all. No dogs or cats intrude outside here – and the wildlife have become friends and family to her. It’s not unusual for her gaze out the windows to be returned by a coyote, bobcat or black-tailed deer – sometimes at very close range. She’s been able to carefully put her hand on the head of a 3-pointer for an ear-scratch.
For the past 25 years, Nancy has also been managing and expanding Estuary Press, the publishing company for this husband and wife team. She wholesales to many National and State Park stores such as Redwood, Olympic and Mt Rainier National Parks. She manages license agreements so national chains like Barnes and Noble, Target and Fred Meyer can sell Eifert products, creates portfolios for new park mural projects and provides photo references on National Park site visits for her partner’s projects. When needed she’ll pick up a paintbrush and help with a mural, and she’s a painter in her own right.
An important part of this is to travel to some of the best wild places in America and beyond to research for Larry’s large-scale murals. This calls for close and personal field observations, and it is here that Nancy’s camera is always participating.
Late winter snow in Olympic National Park, just a few miles from home.
This is a way of life that is expressed by her sensitive and perceptive photography. You can reach Nancy here.
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