Kelly Bates is the internationally recognized, award-winning photographer and artist behind DeepEarth Photography. With degrees in mechanical, industrial, and systems engineering, Kelly is heavily engaged as a technical subject matter expert in a 10-billion dollar program to modernize the telecommunications infrastructure in the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States.
Artist's Statement: Capturing some small vision of the world, one that aligns with how my imagination perceives it, rather than as it might be: How my eye catches a curve, a pose, an element, a geometric construct, out of the context of how it relates to the objective reality around it. Photography is my subjective outlet.
One tree planted for every print. Pictorem supports Trees for the Future, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, that operates an agroforesty program to restore trees to degraded lands by working with smallholder farmers.