A native Texan, Scot Miller’s interest in photography began in the 1970’s. However, since his very first visit to Yosemite National Park in 1990, Scot’s photography has become a much more serious pursuit. “From my first trip there, Yosemite inspired me to take my photography to a whole new level,” said Scot. “The grandeur is amazing. To capture the park in a truly unique perspective has been, and continues to be, a great challenge.”
Scot has expanded beyond Yosemite with his nature and scenic photography, photographing throughout the world and all over the United States. Eighty-nine of Scot’s color photographs are featured in Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic, published by Houghton Mifflin in 2004. The Harvard Museum of Natural History has developed “Thoreau’s Walden: A Journey in Photographs by Scot Miller,” a traveling exhibition that features twenty-nine of Scot’s fine art photographs from the book, plus interpretive materials. The exhibition was featured at the Harvard Museum of Natural History until October 2005 and is currently on a multi-year museum tour throughout the country.
Scot recently completed a multi-year project photographing Yosemite's expansive backcountry wilderness areas with several other photographers and his next book, Cape Cod: Illustrated Edition of the American Classic by Henry David Thoreau will feature Thoreau's text from almost 150 years ago with 62 of Scot's color photographs taken over a two-year period. The book will be published by Houghton Mifflin in April 2008. Scot is also photographing extensively in the Texas Hill Country, the Great Trinity Forest in Dallas, Texas and the Maine Woods.
Scot’s photography has been featured in publications and books including America’s Famous and Historic Trees, America West Magazine, D Magazine, Yosemite Magazine, Yosemite Fund Annual Reports, the National Park Service’s Yosemite Valley Plan and other Yosemite-related projects, and the National Park Service's Special Resource Study of Walden Pond and Woods. Scot was also featured on “CBS Sunday Morning” with Charles Osgood. In addition, a selection of his large format photographs from Italy are now being displayed in new and newly remodeled Romano's Macaroni Grill restaurants throughout the country.
For the last twelve years, Scot has found another way to further catalogue the beautiful scenery he photographs--he carries a digital video camera system (now high definition) into the field, which can be a challenge when backpacking into the Yosemite backcountry or standing on frozen Walden Pond. His footage has been used extensively in many Yosemite Fund videos, in a recent video for the Walden Woods Project, narrated by Walter Cronkite, in a September 2004 story on "CBS Sunday Morning” with Charles Osgood, and in a PBS documentary on Walden.
As part of Scot’s lifelong commitment to conservation, he offers his photography to the Walden Woods Project, The Yosemite Fund and Groundwork Dallas for use in their efforts to raise money for restoration or to raise awareness. He donates a percentage of his Walden Woods photography sales to the non-profit Walden Woods Project, and of his Yosemite National Park photography sales to The Yosemite Fund. In addition, for each copy sold of Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic and the upcoming Cape Cod: Illustrated Edition of the American Classic, Scot is making a donation to the Walden Woods Project. Scot and his wife, Marilyn, are on the Resource Board of Groundwork Dallas, a non profit dedicated to promoting environmental, economic and social well-being in the Great Trinity Forest and surrounding neighborhoods.
He lives in Carrollton, Texas, with his wife, Marilyn, and dog, Bart.
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