Mark Klett photographs the intersection of cultures, landscapes and time. His background includes working as a geologist before turning to photography. Klett has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Buhl Foundation, and the Japan/US Friendship Commission. His work has been exhibited and collected both nationally and internationally for over 25 years.

He is the author of eleven books including the recently released Yosemite in Time (Trinity University Press, 2005, with Rebecca Solnit and Byron Wolfe), Third Views, Second Sights (Museum of New Mexico Press 2004), and After the Ruins (University of California Press). Mark Klett is Regents’ Professor of Art at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.