Meet the Authors

Most of the photographs in the American West Travelogue have been taken by Gerald Allen of Scottsdale, Arizona. A computer consultant by trade, Gerry combines a lifelong interest in photography with thirty years of traveling the American west, sightseeing, camping, and backpacking.

As you might note by the contents of this travelogue, his favorite subject is the canyon country of the southwest, primarily northern Arizona and southern Utah. His favorite photograph from the travelogue to date is that of Calf Creek Falls in Utah's Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.

Gerry shot the photo at right with his 35mm camera. He also took the same shot plus a slightly different one with his 4 x 5 camera. We have recently made available for purchase several 11.5" x 17" and 13" x 19" prints of the 4 x 5 shots which are just magnificent. They are available for sale, mounted in either a 16" x 20" or 18" x 24" mat. Please visit our store if you are interested.

Read our exciting story about the hike to Calf Creek Falls.

Joseph Sprince, also of Scottsdale, Arizona, does most of the writing and content selection for the travelogue. He is also the graphical editor. Like Gerry, he has widely traveled the west over the past thirty years and is very knowledgeable about many places.

Joe's focus is writing feature stories and travel guides for American West Travelogue. However, he sometimes delves into photography and occasionally gets a pretty good one, such as the photo at right of Oxbow Bend from Grand Teton National Park at sunrise.

His favorite accomplishment in the travelogue is our major feature story, Manzanar National Historic Site, California - When Fear Was Stronger Than Justice.