Ryan Brown Photography

Grand Teton National Park is a beautiful destination that lies between the chic western town of Jackson, WY and the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Both parks were inspired by artists. Yellowstone was set aside as a National Park because of an expedition that included photographer William Henry Jackson and painter Thomas Moran. They created works in the area and with congress seeing these works a bill was passed to make Yellowstone the nations first national park. One of the tallest peaks in Grand Teton National Park was named after Thomas Moran (Mt. Moran). This painter created the grandest of works, a 7×12ft painting of the view of what is now called artists point in Yellowstone. The view includes the 300ft. waterfall from the Yellowstone River. This painting was sold to congress in the 1800’s for $10,000, the equivalent of what would be now nearly $1 Million. Here are some images created this summer in Grand Teton National Park, the southern park in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Still today it inspires photographers, painters, and artists of all kinds.