Nels Akerlund

Portfolios: Editorial

With assignments in each of the 50 United States and extensive travels in 16 countries over 4 continents, our editorial images span the globe. Our images have been featured in National Geographic Adventure magazine, on the cover of the New York Times Travel section, the cover of Alaska magazine, and in the L.A. Times Magazine as well as numerous other publications and periodicals worldwide. Nels started as a White House photography intern during the Reagan administration at the age of fifteen. Since then he has photographed notable athletes, performers, musicians and political figures, both nationally and internationally.

Worn by an Indonesian, this full-body Spirit Mask is from the Sawa village in Northwest Asmat.
  
Surfer in Raja Ampat, Indonesia
  
     
  
Brown BearKatmai National Park, Alaska
  
Day of the Dead San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
  
     
  
Mt MarcyNew York
  
  
Anderson Japanese GardensRockford, Illinois
     
  
Standing among 1300 acres of their crop, these 3rd and 4th generation family farmers produce corn that will be used for livestock feed, ethanol production, and human consumption. Under economic pressure, as these family farms disappear from the American landscape, the quality of our food, food security, and our environment are threatened as well.
  
  
Private hunting and fishing lodgeNew York
     
  
Thomas WingatePortrait taken at Eaves Movie RanchSanta Fe, New Mexico
  
Election NightChicago, IllinoisNovember 4, 2008
  
     
  
C-Section
  
Cranberry harvestWisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
  
San Juan de Dios processionHoly Week in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
     
  
Procession of SilenceHoly Week in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
  
Lightning stormLa Salle, Illinois
  
Above the clouds with Mt. St. Helens in the distanceElevation: 14,410 feetMt. Rainier, Washington
     
  
Climbers returning to basecampMt. Mckinley, Alaska
  
Brown BearKatmai National Park, Alaska
  
Early morning departure toward the summitMt. Antisana, EcuadorAssignment for National Geographic Adventure magazine
     
  
Waimea CanyonKauai, Hawaii
  
Day of the Dead San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
  
Ice cave on summit of Mt. RainierElevation: 14,410 feetMt. Rainier, Washington
     
  
C-section
  
Nike sponsored athlete, Jessica Langford, trains for the Olympic Marathon team tryoutsGenoa, Illinois2007
  
Climbers on Mt. McKinley with Mt. Foraker in the distanceMt. McKinley, Alaska
     
  
American AlligatorBig Cypress National Preserve, Florida
  
Mt. Antisana, EcuadorAssignment for National Geographic Adventure magazine
  
Sunset CelebrationKey West, Florida
     
  
Whale Bone Monument along the Arctic OceanBarrow, Alaska
  
Froze-to-Death Plateau at sunriseElevation: 12,799 feetGranite Peak, Montana
  
South rim of the Grand Canyon under a full moon with star trailsGrand Canyon National Park, Arizona
     
  
Climbers at 14,200 feet en route to Head WallMt. McKinley, Alaska
  
Largemouth Bass Private hunting and fishing lodgeNew York
  
Amish apple farmerIntercourse, Pennsylvania
     
  
Ice climbing in 90-foot-deep crevasseMt. Rainier, Washington
  
Palisade Head overlooking Lake SuperiorSilver Bay, Minnesota
  
Six climbers navigate crevassesMt. McKinley, Alaska
     
  
Summit of Mt. Hood at sunriseElevation: 11,249 ftMt. Hood, Oregon
  
Motorcycle HillMt. McKinley, Alaska
  
Climbing at Palisade Head Silver Bay, Minnesota
     
  
Burying the cache at 16,200 feetMt. McKinley, Alaska
  
Queen's Bath Kauai, Hawaii
  
Ice skaters on Portage Lake, Alaska
     
  
SunsetKauai, Hawaii
  
Imprint of murdered girl's body on frozen river
  
MonksBangkok, Thailand
     
  
Half Dome under a full moon with star trailsYosemite National Park, California
  
Climbing at Mississippi Palisades State ParkSavanna, IllinoisThis image was published in National Geographic Adventure magazine
  
Great White Egret Venice, Florida
     
  
Organ grinderBerlin, Germany
  
Climbers en route to summit of Mt. RainierElevation: 14,410 feetMt. Rainier, Washington
  
Flower harvestYuma, Arizona
     
  
ParaglidingLa Jolla, California
  
Remnants of the Berlin WallBerlin, GermanyNovember 1993
  
Missionary dental clinic after Hurricane MitchTegucigalpa, Honduras1999
     
  
Fly FishingPrivate hunting and fishing lodgeNew York
  
Floating MarketBangkok, Thailand
  
Death strip, Berlin WallA no man's land was created between the two barriers, which became widely known as the "death strip".  It offered no cover for would-be defectors; it was booby-trapped with tripwires; and, most importantly, it offered a clear field of fire to the watching guards.West Berlin, Germany1984
     
  
Metropollitan Museum of ArtNew York, New York
  
Electroshocking fish in upsate New York Electroshocking is a routine fish-study method which momentarily stuns fish and brings them to the surface where they can be netted and placed in a live well for examination.
  
Coffee plantationMedellin, Columbia
     
  
Pacific Ocean sunsetKauai, Hawaii
  
Arlington National CemeteryArlington, Virginia
  
Kauai, Hawaii
     
  
Wedding celebration
  
Birkenau Concentration CampPoland
  
Auschwitz Concentration CampPoland
     
  
Elevation: 4,393 feetMt. Mansfield, Vermont