Gabriel Scarlett

I am currently based in Central Oregon working on a wildland fire heli-rappel crew. I am available for assignments during my off-seasons in McMinnville which are roughly November-April.

I hope to advocate through my storytelling. I have documented topics I find culturally or visually interesting and so far my work has examined social issues within the United States, with special interest in stories of immigration, environmental racism and economic divide.

In the past I have interned at the Los Angeles Times and the Denver Post. In 2019, I joined National Geographic Magazine for their summer photo internship as the 73rd College Photographer of the Year.

I have received grant funding from the Alexia Foundation to continue work on Flock of Doves, a documentation of the effects of gangs on the community of Pueblo, Colorado. Additionally, the Reuters Storytelling Grant and the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar have supported my project On Poisoned Land, which explores the legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation.

I’m very much open for collaboration ideas, freelance work or just to chat about photography.