‘Rainbow over the Teton Range’

Featured on the cover of The Pen Woman, Fall 2026 (Photography)

Rainbow over the Teton Range by Lorraine Tufts

By Lorraine Tufts, Boca Raton Branch

‘Nature’s Eyewitness’

Female Grizzly with Cub

Lorraine Salem Tufts, Boca Raton Branch, is an author and wildlife photographer who founded National Photographic Collections (NPC) in l987 to share the beauty and wonder of the Earth and its inhabitants through pictures. Tufts is uniquely talented, with many years of experience as a photographer and book designer. She is internationally recognized for her books and photographs of five U.S. National Parks, her sole passion for years. More recently, she also shows her photographs as limited editions and artist proofs.

Photography by Lorraine Salem Tufts. Sunset with Mt Moran at Oxbow Bend
Photography by Lorraine Salem Tufts. From top, “Female Grizzly with Cub” and “Sunset with Mt. Moran at Oxbow Bend”. Learn more about the National Photographic Collections.

Tufts is the recipient of many awards and distinctions. She has been recognized by National Geographic Books, Encyclopedia Britannica Books, The Smithsonian Books, Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Buffalo Bill Cody Museum, Museum of the Rockies, Museum of Northern Arizona, Yellowstone Association, Grand Canyon Association, Grand Teton Association, Zion Natural History Association, and Bryce Canyon Association, to name just a few.

Artist’s Statement

“Adventures in the unknown take you outside your realm of comfort, forcing you to experience and learn with heightened awareness. It is a risk and a joy to learn and feel all I can about life an insight into myself.”