Louise Johns

As the the daughter of former National Geographic editor-in-chief Chris Johns, taking pictures was probably in Louise Johns’ DNA. But she didn’t consider herself a photographer until she took a photojournalism class in college and was inspired to document the changing landscapes of the West while working as a wrangler on a Montana ranch. In her project “Harmony in a Montana Conflict Zone: Riding Range on a Yellowstone Borderline,” she reveals the changing relationship between ranchers and nature by chronicling range rider, wildlife biologist and mother Hilary Anderson.