Peter Ralston's photography has appeared in thirty-four books and more than fifty magazines, including American Artist, Architectural Digest, Art and Antiques, Connoisseur, National Geographic, New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, People, Smithsonian, and Time, as well as as on NBC's Today Show. Galleries in this country and abroad exhibit his images.
 In addition to helping to represent the work of his friend Jamie Wyeth, Ralston has been the Wyeth family's reproduction photographer of choice since 1978. Although, as a young man, Ralston studied very briefly under Ansel Adams, he acknowledges the greater artistic influence of a lifetime of association with the Wyeths -- close friends and incisive mentors.
Instrumental in forming the Island Institute in 1983, Peter Ralston serves today as its executive vice-president. He has contributed most of the photography and served as art director for the Institute's Island Journal since its inception and continues to spend as much time as he possibly can on and around islands. He lives with his wife Terri and their children on the western side of Penobscot Bay.
Professional Biography
Editorial Clients:
American Artist, American Art Review, American Heritage, Architectural Digest, Art and Antiques, Art-Talk, Audubon, Backpacker, Best of Photography - 1986, Boats and Harbors, Condé Nast Traveller, Connoisseur, Country, Country Journal, Countryplace, Countryside, ART/Das Kunstmagazin, Discovery, Down East, Ein Herz fur Tiere, Encyclopedia Brittanica, Evening Magazine (TV), Garden Design, Geo (American and German), Habitat, Horizon, House Beautiful, Islands, Island Journal, Journal of Family Practice, Journal of the National Medical Association, London Times, Maine Times, Mature Outlook, Metropolitan Home, National Fisherman, National Geographic, National Wildlife, New England Living, New England Monthly, New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Nissan Discovery, Oceans, Offshore, Outdoor Photographer, People, Philadelphia Magazine, Reader's Digest Books, Sail, Smithsonian, Studio Photography, The Furrow, Time, Time-Life Books, Trailblazer, Us, US Air, Views, The Washingtonian, Weekly Reader, Women's World, Yankee, and others.
Books containing exclusive or primary Ralston photography:
- Holding Ground - Island Institute, 2004 (Art Direction and primary
photography)
- Wooden Nickel - Little, Brown & Company, 2002 (Cover)
- Lobsters Great and Small - Island Institute, 2002 (Personal work)
- The Time of My Life - Island Institute, 2002 (Personal work)
- Fishing Grounds - Island Press, 2000 (Cover)
- Islands in Time - Down East, 1999
- SIGHTINGS - Down East, 1997 (Personal retrospective)
- Andrew Wyeth, A Secret Life - Harper Collins, 1997 (Cover portrait)
- Michael Strogoff - Scribners, 1997 (Reproduction work)
- Andrew Wyeth Retrospective, 1995 (Reproduction work)
- Drums - Scribner's, 1995 (Reproduction work)
- David Balfour - Scribner's, 1994 (Reproduction work)
- Jamie Wyeth: Islands - Farnsworth Museum, 1993 (Reproduction work)
- Arabian Nights - Scribners, 1993 (Reproduction work)
- North Island Designs 4 - North Island Publishers, 1992 (Commissioned personal work)
- N.C. Wyeth - Crescent Books, 1992 (Reproduction work)
- Westward Ho! - Scribner's, 1992 (Reproduction work)
- Sweaters from the Maine Islands - Yankee Books, 1991 (Commissioned personal work)
- Lighthouses of New England - Quintet/London, 1991 (Personal work)
- Scottish Chiefs - Scribner's, 1991 (Reproduction work)
- The Deerslayer - Scribner's, 1990 (Reproduction work)
- Maine Island Kids - North Island Publishers, 1989 (Commissioned personal work)
- Boy's King Arthur - Scribner's, 1989 (Reproduction work)
- Maine Island Classics - North Island Publishers, 1988 (Commissioned personal work)
- Mysterious Island - Scribner's, 1988 (Reproduction work)
- American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art - Little Brown, 1987 (Reproduction work)
- Allen Magee - Abrams, 1987 (Reproduction work)
- Andrew Wyeth; The Helga Pictures - Abrams, 1987 (Reproduction work)
- Black Arrow - Scribner's, 1987 (Reproduction work)
- Last of the Mohicans - Scribner's, 1986 (Reproduction work)
- Cape Cod and the Islands - Quintet/London, 1985 (Personal work)
- The Maine Coast - Quintet/London, 1985 (Personal work)
- The Yearling - Scribner's, 1985 (Reproduction work)
- Once Upon a Canvas Sky - York, 1984 (Reproduction work)
- Robin Hood - Scribner's, 1984 (Reproduction work)
- Robinson Crusoe - Scribner's, 1983 (Reproduction work)
- Wreck of the Zephyr - Houghton Mifflin, 1983 (Reproduction work)
- Christina's World - Houghton Mifflin, 1982 (Reproduction work)
- Kidnapped - Scribner's, 1982 (Reproduction work)
- Treasure Island - Scribner's, 1981 (Reproduction work)
- Jamie Wyeth - Houghton Mifflin, 1980 (Reproduction work)
Exhibitions of personal work:
- Maine Center for Contemporary Arts–2006
- Shaw Gallery–2006
- Domaine Gallery–2006
- Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Collection–2005
- National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Permanent Collection)–2005
- Colby College, Collection–2004
- Farnsworth Art Museum–2004
- Art of the Sea Gallery–2004
- Boca Raton Museum of Art–2004
- June Fitzpatrick Gallery–2003
- Art of the Sea Gallery–2003
- Archipelago–2001
- Island Institute–2001
- Maine Coast Artists–2000
- Farnsworth Art Museum–2000
- Gallery at 357–2000
- American Embassy/Sarajevo–1999
- Monhegan Museum–1999
- Art of the Sea–1997
- Farnsworth Art Museum–1997
- Portland Museum of Art–1997
- Double Door Gallery–1997
- Between The Muse Gallery–1997
- Aomori Cultural Museum (Aomori, Japan)–1997
- Farnsworth Art Museum–1993
- Maine Maritime Museum–1989
- de Young Fine Arts Museum–1988
- Arnot Art Museum–1985
- Maine Maritime Museum–1985
- Modernage Gallery–1982
- Royal Academy of the Arts (London)–1981
- Brandywine River Museum–1981
- Today Show (NBC)–1981 & 1982
- Delaware Art Museum–1980
- ....and numerous corporate installations
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