Marvin Pelkey was born and raised in British Columbia along the central coast. He spent countless hours exploring the natural world. He later on decided to move to the Greater Vancouver area, where he continued to be drawn to those places still unexplored by man. Pelkey embraced the art of photography as an outwardly natural way to take some of that wilderness with him each time he returned home. Self-taught, Pelkey honed his skills and learned in traditional film photography. He started out by capturing images of wildlife and eventually settling on landscapes. He also transitioned into the digital realm and now prepares and captures his images with digital tools. Landscape photography brought to him a sense of quietness, peace solitude and tranquility that other types of photography did not seem to offer.
As an added benefit, the digital tools also provided him the means to bring together multiple images, to best convey the impressions he experiences in the field. Pelkey loves photography and says while he’s at it he feels like he’s in his own little world - a world where nothing else matters. By professional definition, he’s a unique artist with unique talent. Astonishingly, given the quality of his work, it’s not easy to believe that he’s a self-taught artist. His images are in many private and corporate collections and galleries and they hang in many esteemed buildings around the world. Pelkey is much sought after today and he’s always willing to take projects that other photographers may shy away from.
