🏔️ PARK CITY PHOTOGRAPHY LLC — Est. 2003
Award-Winning Landscape & Wildlife Photography
of Park City & The American West

David Winegar is a fine art photographer whose work explores the landscapes, wildlife, weather, and extraordinary moments of Park City and the American West. Guided by an active imagination and a deep connection to wild places, David often begins with an image in his mind, then ventures afield—sometimes repeatedly and in difficult conditions—to see what nature might reveal.

David believes that meaningful photographs come from developing a relationship with a place. He returns again and again, learning the land and the habits of its wildlife, observing how light changes throughout the day and how a landscape transforms with the seasons. He explores different perspectives and conditions until he feels he understands the character and moods of a place well enough to express them through photographic art.

A Relationship With Place. Lonely Pinyon Pine is one such example. Hundreds of years old, the tree has endured on exposed bedrock overlooking Dead Horse Point, a silent witness to generations of human history and the passage of time. David has returned to this tree more than fifteen times—in summer thunderstorms, on quiet winter mornings after fresh snow, and beneath a moonless sky illuminated by billions of stars. Over time, the tree has become less a photographic subject and more like an old companion, revealing something different with every visit.

Moments Rarely Seen. David’s wildlife photography seeks moments we seldom witness—and therein lies some of its magic. Snowstorm Sheet Music, captured during a winter blizzard in nearby Wanship, Utah, has the appearance of a fine art sketch, yet the scene was created entirely in-camera. The birds become notes, the branches a musical staff, and the falling snow the paper upon which nature writes its score.

Another recent example is Sovereign of the Storm. David had long envisioned a mountain goat enduring winter high in Utah’s mountains and repeatedly ventured into the high country during winter storms in pursuit of that idea. The resulting photograph captures a solitary mountain goat on a cliff in a blizzard—a fleeting moment of resilience and fortitude in one of nature’s harshest environments.

These photographs reflect David’s approach to photographic art: imagination and pre-visualization combined with patience, persistence, extraordinary weather, magical light, and the decisive moment. What ultimately appears in the photograph is both what stood before his camera and what he had imagined the image might become.

Close to Home. Park City and its surrounding mountains have been David’s home and photographic backyard for decades. If you enjoy hiking the local trails, Baby Moose on Rob’s Trail captures one of those wonderfully unexpected encounters with the wildlife that shares this landscape. David’s internationally acclaimed Leap of Faith captures a Park City red fox in an extraordinary instant of motion—a photograph that has become one of his signature works.

Beyond Park City. David is equally drawn to the greater American West. In the Tetons, he spent three days following and photographing the magnificent Bondurant Bull Moose. In Yellowstone, Gibbon River Bison became a timeless, sepia-toned interpretation of a great herd bull.

The Desert Southwest holds a particular fascination. For decades David has explored Arches National Park, Dead Horse Point State Park, Moab, and Canyonlands, where stone, weather, water, and time reveal an ancient landscape. His Balancing Act, a study of an ancient pinyon pine surviving among the rocks of Canyonlands, was selected by jurors for museum exhibition.

Imagination and Pre-Visualization. An active imagination is central to David’s creative process. Many of his photographs begin in his mind’s eye before he ever picks up the camera. He imagines the light, weather, wildlife, setting, or story, then goes afield to discover whether nature will allow that vision to become a photograph. Sometimes it happens. Often it does not. The uncertainty is part of what makes those rare moments extraordinary.

The Fine Art Print. For David, a photograph is not fully realized as fine art while it exists only as a digital image. Its physical presentation completes the creative act. He carefully considers the paper, printing process, matting, framing, museum glass, and other fine-art finishes that best serve each individual image, and personally prints many of his works using artistic papers sourced from around the world. As Ansel Adams famously observed, “The negative is the score, and the print is the performance.”

From Artist to Collector. Based in Park City, David is an internationally award-winning photographer whose work has been recognized in professional competition and selected by jurors for museum exhibitions. Each limited-edition artwork is individually signed and numbered and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

There are no impersonal shopping carts or automated checkouts. David personally handles every acquisition and oversees each piece from image creation through its final presentation. After years of representation in local interior-design showrooms, he chose to work directly with his collectors, allowing for a more personal experience and greater attention to every piece.

Bringing the Gallery to Your Home or Business. For local collectors, David offers complimentary in-home presentations of finished large-format artwork. He can help with image selection, sizing, materials, framing, placement, and lighting; create digital mockups so you can visualize a piece in your own space; and coordinate professional installation. Complimentary local delivery is available, and artwork can also be shipped when required.

Photography as Witness. For David, photography is ultimately about more than creating beautiful images. It is also about bearing witness to the extraordinary landscapes and wildlife of the American West—and preserving a visual connection to wild places that can so easily be taken for granted.

At the heart of his work is connection—to mountains and deserts, wildlife and weather, memories and the wild places that become part of who we are. David hopes his photographs invite viewers to linger, discover something unexpected, and perhaps feel, for a moment, what it was like to be there.

And beneath it all is a simple belief: what we love, we must protect.

David Winegar
Park City Photography LLC
“Where Nature Meets Fine Art”
ParkCityPhotography.NET
(435) 640-5123 — Call or Text

Art As Visual Metaphors of Life 

If his images make your heart race, its something you have lived or loved

Credentials & Recognition

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Award-Winning Art

Multiple honors in state, national, and international photographic competitions.

2026 — Utah State Fair — Sovereign of the Storm

• Best of Show

• Photographic Society of America — Image of Excellence

• Excellent Achievement at the 2026 Intermountain Professional Photographers Image Competition

Museum-Juried Artist

Springville Museum of Art — Annual Spring Salon

102nd Annual Exhibition (2026) — Balancing Act — Canyonlands National Park, Utah

101st Annual Exhibition (2025) — First Snow on Fall Leaves — La Sal Range, Moab, Utah

100th Annual Exhibition (2024) — When the Leaves Are Gone — East Canyon, Utah

Permanent Exhibition

Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter — Park City, Utah

Leap of Faith
1258 Center Drive
Park City, Utah 84098
Permanently displayed on the south wall of the EcoCenter.

International Recognition

2007 — Leap of Faith — First Place, Wildlife
Art Wolfe International Photographic Competition

2016 — Better and Better — First Place, Street/People
International Color Awards

2022 — Full Moon Rising Over McPolin Barn — Honorable Mention
Black & White Spider Awards

2026 — Snowstorm Sheet Music — Bronze Medal
Professional Photographers of America International Photographic Competition

Professional Standing

• Founder & Owner, Park City Photography — Est. 2003

• Board Member, Intermountain Professional Photographers Association (IPPA) — 2025–2026

• Member, Professional Photographers of America (PPA) — Since 2005

• Member, Intermountain Professional Photographers Association (IPPA) — Since 2003

• Graduate, New York Institute of Photography — 2015

Serving Clients Throughout the Park City Area

The Colony · Victory Ranch · Hideout · Glenwild · SkyRidge at Jordanelle · Ranch Place · Sun Peak · Silver Springs · Jeremy Ranch · Old Town · Prospector · Pinebrook · Silver Creek · Tuhaye · Canyons Village · Deer Valley Kamas · Oakley · Peoa · Midway · Heber City

And many cities in the United States

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Please enjoy the galleries, and thank you for visiting!

David James Winegar

If you would like to connect, please reach out directly or through this site.

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