Brian O'Kelly

Brian O'Kelly is a celebrated and award winning photographer living and working in the Seattle, Washington area. For over 30 years, Brian and his camera have been nearly inseperable. As an avid sportsman and adventurer, most of his work is of the outdoors in the Pacific Northwest.

Newspaper Career

In the early 80's O'Kelly studied journalism and used his camera to document local news for his publishers in Orange County California where he was involved for the first time in the newspaper industry. Moving to the Seattle area in 1984 O'Kelly continued to work in the newspaper business.

.In 1993 O'Kelly covered the "Timber Summit" when president Clinton visited Portland to negotiate changes for the timber industry. During his stay O'Kelly was successful in capturing the President in several shots including this one from outside of the Benson Hotel.



In 1999 O'Kelly was present for the WTO riots in Seattle also known as the "Battle of Seattle" where he documented the violence and police activities in the street during the multi-day standoff.

Fine Art Photography
O'Kelly says he sees the hand of God Almighty everywhere he goes. It is his belief that the "eye" for an image and the "knack" for capturing the right combina...