John L. Goldberg has captured the incredible beauty of our environment in his images for more than thirty years.  His photographs showcase our deserts, mountains, forests and coastlines along with the plants, insects and animals that inhabit them.

He has a deep love of the outdoors that is expressed in his environmental imagery.  His favorite areas to photograph are in the backcountry of the west and southwest, particularly the Mono Lake region of eastern California, the Sierra Nevada and the deserts of the Great Basin and the American southwest.

John’s mission is to provide people with a different view of their surroundings through his environmental imagery. His intention is to influence people to cause change in how they interact with and protect our environment by seeing it through his camera.

He is a long-time volunteer with the California State Parks and is based at Natural Bridges State Park, in Santa Cruz, CA. John has donated many hours and photographs to help increase visitors’ knowledge and enjoyment of the parks.

The California State Parks, the Xerces Society, the Gilroy Dispatch and others have published John’s photographs. In the fall of 2004, he was the featured photographer in Park Views, the official newsletter of the Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks. Due in part to his images of monarch butterflies, the magazine won the award for best marketing and organizational materials and the APPL Excellence Award from the Association of Partners for Public Lands.

Additionally, John’s photographs of monarch butterflies have been used as the basis of a television show and computer-based interactive educational program developed for the California State Parks and California school districts.