Den Designs is launching a four-season collaborative project featuring photographers from Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and the Yukon.

Each season, selected photographs are transformed into live edge wood prints and released as a curated collection.

The first collection — Spring — is here.

Erin Holm of Den Designs has transferred striking spring images from each region onto live edge slabs, creating handcrafted pieces that celebrate western and northern landscapes. Only one medium and one large will be available per photographer, per season — each piece a true one of one.

Built as a genuine artist collaboration, this project supports photographers while bringing their work to life in a new and tangible form through handcrafted wood art.

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Four Seasons: Spring (AB) — Shane Turgeon

Image description
Those memorable words, “keep it secret, keep it safe” whispered by Gandalf to Frodo may have been referencing the One Ring but they’ve now become a rallying cry for many nature photographers as well. And these days it feels like a losing battle. We’re seeing more and more images online of areas that have been ruined due to the undue influence of “influencers” and while those images may fill us with anger, nothing hits harder than when it’s an area close to home that we love that bears the brunt of social media’s irresponsibility. That's why I don't share locations, hoping instead that my photography speaks for itself and the viewer can enjoy it for the beauty it portrays and feelings it elicits. 

Photographer bio
Shane Turgeon is an award-winning nature photographer focused on landscapes, the night sky, storms, and wildlife. His work has been featured by NASA, Canadian Geographic, the Natural Landscape Photography Awards, PhotoLife magazine, F-stop Collaborate and Listen, Black Rapid, the CBC and more. In 2022 Shane was short-listed for the prestigious Astronomy Photographer of the Year award from the Royal Museums Greenwich in London and he was named as Canadian Geographic's Photographer of the Year in 2024.  While pursuing nature and landscape photos for his own personal pleasure are his primary focus in photography, he also has a keen passion for sharing both his art and the mental health benefits of nature photography and passing on his experience and knowledge to other photographers. In 2022 Shane created the Lightchasers Nature Photography Conference in Pincher Creek, Alberta; an annual event which brings photographers together to learn from some of the top names in Canadian photography with an emphasis on education, exploration and community building.