Crystal Images Photography and Publishing

Kathleen M.K. Menke/Haines, Alaska

Northern Exposures Reflecting Our Bond to the Land and Each Other
Honoring Light and Celebrating Gifts of the Wild



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Clients/Published Work--serving editors, publishers, organizations, agencies, and commercial clients for over twenty years


Far North/Arctic/Alaska/Canada

  • Alaska Scenics
  • Alaska people/lifestyles
  • Alaska Marine Highway/Inside Passage
  • Arctic/ANWR/midnight sun
  • British Columbia
  • aurora borealis/northern lights
  • Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve
  • Chilkat Pass/Haines Highway
  • Chilkoot Pass/Skagway/Carcross
  • Coldfoot/Arctic Interagency Visitor Center
  • Copper River Delta/Cordova
  • Dalton Highway/Haul Road
  • Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay
  • Dempster Highway to Inuvik, NWT
  • Denali National Park (wildlife, seasonals)
  • glaciers/icebergs
  • Golden Circle (Haines, Whitehorse, Skagway)
  • Fairbanks/Interior Alaska
  • Haines, Alaska, twelve seasonal images
  • Haines Hooligan Harvest
  • Kenai Pennisula
  • Kluane National Park/Yukon
  • Nitainlaii Territorial Park, NWT/Peel River
  • Southeast Alaska communities
  • Southeast Alaska State Fair
  • Stikine River
  • Tatshenshini/Alsek Rivers/scenic/rafting
  • Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon
  • Tlingit culture/activities
  • totems
  • Tracy Arm/Adventure Bound Cruise
  • tundra
  • Yukon

    Rocky Mountain West/U.S./Canada

  • Arizona
  • Aspen/Maroon Bells
  • Banff, Jasper, Yoho, Kooteny Parks Canada
  • British Columbia
  • Colorado Scenic
  • Crystal River Valley/Lead King Basin
  • Glacier National Park
  • Glenwood Spring/Roaring Fork River Valley
  • Hanging Lake, Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Jackson/Tetons/Oxbow Bend
  • Montana
  • New Mexico
  • Oregon
  • Redfish Lake, Idaho
  • salmon recovery/history/habitat/Idaho
  • salmon traps/captive broodstock
  • Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho
  • Snake and Columbia River dams
  • Utah
  • Washington
  • Wyoming
  • Yellowstone National Park/all seasons

    Outdoor Activities/Outdoor Recreation

  • backpacking/backcountry
  • berry picking
  • birch syrup gathering and processing
  • camping
  • cooking outdoors
  • families outdoors
  • fishing/commercial/sport/subsistence
  • foraging
  • hanging outdoors
  • hiking
  • kids outdoors
  • kite-skiing
  • photographing
  • river sports/water sports
  • skiing, x-country


  • Wildlfie/Mammals

  • antelope
  • bear, Alaska coastal brown bear
  • bear, brown bear/grizzly, interior
  • bear, black bear, interior
  • beaver
  • bison
  • caribou
  • coyote
  • deer
  • elk
  • fox
  • marmot
  • moose
  • mountain goat
  • muskox
  • pika
  • porcupine
  • sea lions
  • sea otters
  • sheep, Dall sheep/Alaska
  • sheep, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
  • squirrel, ground
  • squirrel, tree
  • snowshoe hare
  • whales (humpback, orca, gray)
  • wolf
  • wildlife tracks
  • wildlife showcase (variety mammals)

    Wildlife/Birds

  • bird showcase
  • bald eagles
  • chickadees, juncos, siskins
  • crows
  • ducks (several varieties)
  • geese (Canada, snow, Pacific white-fronted)
  • great blue herons
  • gulls and terns
  • jays
  • killdeer
  • magpies
  • owls (great-horned, northern hawk)
  • plovers and shore birds
  • ptarmigan (rock, white-tailed, and willow)
  • ravens
  • robins and thrushes
  • songbirds
  • swans (trumpeter, tundra)

    Wild Fish

  • salmon/wild
  • salmon/kokanee

    Nature/Seasonal

  • autumn scenes
  • beaches, coastlines
  • berries
  • deserts/red-rock canyons
  • edible and medicinal plants/wild
  • forests
  • frost/hoarfrost
  • moon/moonlight
  • mountains
  • rainbows
  • reflections
  • riparian habitat
  • rivers/running water
  • scenic America
  • signs of spring
  • sunrises/sunsets
  • waterfalls
  • wildflowers
  • winter scenes


  • People/Lifestyle/Education/Other

  • adults
  • aging/seniors
  • alternative energy
  • artists/art education
  • ballet/dance class
  • black and white images
  • children playing musical instruments
  • children with animals
  • Christmas
  • cities
  • communities
  • computer education
  • concepts/values
  • Costa Rica
  • couples
  • dams
  • dogs/cats/pets
  • education/toddlers/preschool
  • education/elementary/middle school
  • education/high school/vocational
  • education/college/adult
  • education/hearing impaired
  • education/special needs
  • elderly
  • erosion/pollution/resource conflicts
  • fairs
  • family
  • farm animals/produce/outdoor markets
  • farming/ranching/agriculture
  • fathers
  • 4th of July
  • friendship
  • gardens/garden flowers
  • healthy living
  • ice-sculptures
  • industry
  • inspirational
  • kids/on the playground and beyond
  • kids/organized sports
  • kids/swim meet
  • lighthouses/maritime
  • literacy/young children
  • llamas/llama trekking/kids and llamas
  • logging
  • Native American cultures/activities
  • people working
  • portraits
  • Quebec
  • science education
  • soil conservation/conservation education
  • teens
  • transportation/travel
  • Winter Carnival/McCall, Idaho
  • wonder


  • Ask for the rights that best meets your needs and budget:

  • Limited specific/one-time rights--the most economical option for a specific use, print run and/or time period ($85 minimum)
  • Multiple, non-exclusive rights--rights to use an image for multiple projects for specified period of time. Allows for flexibility and mulitiple uses ($325 minimum)
  • Exclusive rights--rights that are exclusive to you and/or your industry for a period of time. Secures image for your own use exclusively ($1500 minimum)
  • Discounts provided for steady customers, multiple images, non-profit advocacy for wildlife/habitat protection, and/or low-resolution jpgs for web use.

    Kathleen M.K. Menke, Crystal Images
    PO Box 781, Haines, Alaska 99827
    907-766-3517
    (phone/fax/answering machine)
    E-mail

    Alaska/Yukon Photo Books by Kathleen M.K. Menke/Crystal Images
    Click on specific book title link for inside peeks, reviews, and to order autographed copy directly from the photographer.



    Haines for All Seasons
    Northern Exposures from
    Alaska Reflecting Our Bond
    with the Land and Each Other

    8.5"x11", 48-pages,
    200 original color images
    First Edition 2005

    Alaska/Yukon/Arctic Light
    Gifts of the Wild

    8.5"x10", 80 pages,
    175 original color images,
    First Edition 2007



    Nature Book of Year 2007
    National Finalist Award

    Spirits of the North
    Two-legged, Four-legged,
    Winged, Finned, Rooted, and Flowing

    8.5"x10", 80-pages,
    200+ original color images
    First Edition 2010

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