Kerrick James has photographed the American West, Pacific Rim and Europe for over 25 years as a travel journalist, with more than 200 magazine and book covers and hundreds of features illustrated. His credits include Natl. Geo. Adventure, Arizona Highways, Sunset, Conde Nast Traveler UK, Alaska Airlines Beyond, VIA, EnCompass, Outdoor Photographer, Virtuoso Life, ExperienceScottsdale, Arizona Office of Tourism and many more. He also teaches photo workshops around the world, with more than 100 run from New Zealand to Zambia, Baja California to Alaska, Italy to Scotland, and all over the American West.

 

Kerrick has used Pentax cameras and optics his entire career and is a Ricoh-Pentax Brand Ambassador at trade shows and in numerous ads and videos. Kerrick also writes features for travel media, samples on request. Many are cover stories.

 

Kerrick is an active member of SATW (Society of American Travel Writers), and TEOE (Through Each Other’s Eyes). He’s done exchange with Himeji-Japan (1999), Grenoble-France (2016), and South Australia (2024). He resides in Arizona with his sons Shane, Royce and Keanu.