Jeffrey Puckett

My interest in photography began in Colorado at age twelve. That summer, I cut lawns to save enough money to purchase a Minolta SRT-101 and began shooting. My parents were supportive of my passion, and soon helped me build a darkroom in the basement of the family home.

Black & white prints captured my attention most even in those early days, and they continue to be my format of choice today.

As my interest and abilities grew, I moved into the worlds of Hasselblad and Leica. And with the added capabilities those cameras provided, I began working with large format prints.

Once I was married and on my own, I built a larger darkroom at my home which served me for some twenty years – before eventually moving my growing portfolio of work and its processing to an even newer facility located at what has now become the gallery for Jeff Puckett Images in downtown Denver.

Along with my Leica M11 Monochrome, my favorite cameras today are the Phase One XT for field work, and the Phase One XF for studio shooting. My passion for image making in large and small format black & white is further enhanced by printing Photogravures on a large American French Press and using the Intaglio process from the late 1800’s. This method of printi...

My studio and gallery space are located in the heart of downtown Denver. I hope you’ll stop in to see my photographs up close, as details of the images and my techniques used for printing them are even more compelling when viewed in-person. We would be happy to schedule an appointment, and I look forward to meeting you personally when you come for a visit.