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The Best Subject for Healthcare Art is in Your Own Backyard

We were recently installing our nature images at a hospital in Minnesota, and one of the staff members was surprised...

Florida Nature Photography – Healing Views for Healthcare

Florida is the real deal.  A verdant ecosystem with water, trees, unique plantlife, and wildlife and what feels like a...

Innovative Healthcare Design- The Power of Gathering: Takeaways from HCD 2023

It’s powerful when over 4,000 people gather in one place with a shared goal – healing.  This year’s Healthcare Design...

Unexpected Paths in Northern Georgia Lead to Healing Views for Patients

Often the most unexpected places lead to nature's most serene landscapes. - Kurt Johnson When I’m traveling to photograph nature...

The Importance of Stopping Along the Way

You’ve heard the saying: life’s about the journey, not the destination.  I think it’s about both. I’ve taken several trips...

Sandhill Cranes: Connecting us to Nature and Our Past

Once a year, one of the coolest things you’ll ever see happens in Nebraska.  And no matter how many times...

Creating Wellness With Local Nature Photography: A Look at Springtime in Alabama

Even though I live in the Midwest, I spend a lot of time on the road taking local nature photographs...

A Nature Photographer’s 5 Lessons From the Road

Being from the Midwest gives me a great vantage point of the rest of the country and makes it easy...

Georgia Nature Photography: Stills from a Foggy Autumn Forest

Rainy weather is probably the last thing that comes to mind when you think of breathtaking autumn images, but last...

Flowers and Familiarity Key to Healing with Art

A new camera, the open road, and the beauty of Austin botanicals.  Those are the things that came together to...

Improving Patient Care by Coming Together During The Kansas Hospital Association Convention

Earlier this month we got to be part of the Kansas Hospital Association’s annual convention and tradeshow. This year’s KHA...

The Importance of Local Healing – Kansas Nature Photography

Wide open farmland, fields of native grasses, and abundant, vibrant wildflowers are just some of the touchstones of the vast...

Helping Patients Connect Through Visual Storytelling in Healthcare Design

Connection is at the heart of everything we do as humans, so it makes sense that enhancing those connections would...

Behind the Scenes: Chasing the Light at Chimney Rock

What are you passionate about?  What fires you up? For me, it’s taking nature photographs. And being on the road,...

Bringing the Healing Power of the Kansas Landscape to Healthcare Environments

Kansas is known as the Sunflower State because the weather conditions there make it ideal for growing those happy, iconic...

Healing Nature Images of Nebraska

Nebraska is known for its wide-open landscapes, midwestern wildlife, and dramatic skies.  It’s not just the heart of the country...

New Portfolio – The Lush Landscape of Western Arkansas & Southeastern Oklahoma

Earlier this year, Carolyn and I traveled through the lush landscapes of western Arkansas and the southeastern-most corner of Oklahoma. ...

Bringing the Healing Views of the PNW to Healthcare Environments

Hoh Rain Forest Olympic National Park, Forks, WA. Image by Kurt Johnson Photography. One of the perks of my job...

Raw Beauty in the Vastly Different Landscapes of the Badlands and the Black Hills

One of the benefits of traveling across the country for a specific project is the opportunity to explore and photograph...

On the road exploring points of view

I have always said that if you take 10 photographers and put them in a square white room, you would...