Linda Dalton Walker
Awarded Highly Commended by Bird Photographer of the Year, 2024. Internationally published in Conker Magazine, UK, Dalton's photography is an exploration of avian images, breathtaking macro images of nature, and conservation photography dealing with bird refuges and saline lakes, the Great Salt Lake in particular.
2025
Water Pilgrimage: Where the Rivers End
As a Utah citizen, I wanted to physically understand the movement of water to the Great Salt Lake, especially in the context of dramatically receding shorelines and potential ecological collapse. I documented these places of convergence in an effort not only to educate myself but to carry this information to other Utahns. Over a journey that lasted almost two years, I was changed in more ways than I can measure. I had envisioned three sites where the water met the Great Salt Lake, but as I waded through mud and miles of shallow water, I witnessed the water flowing as complex deltas that were difficult to locate and nearly impossible to traverse. In some cases, the rivers were diverted so much that there wasn’t a solid point where each river met the lake.
January 2025
2023
ROAMING WILD IN ALASKA
This was the year; I could feel it in my soul, Alaska was calling. I decided to explore the Kenai Peninsula with the hope of finding Puffins, Dall Sheep, Mountain Goats, Whales, and Glaciers. I flew in a float plane, soared in a helicopter, and skimmed rough waters in a small boat, and I found all of the animals and landscapes my heart desired. It was an adventure of a lifetime.
AUGUST 2023
2023
WILD HORSES IN UTAH
Driving in Utah’s West Desert, spraying a fine sheet of dust behind me, I search for the Wild Onaqui Mustangs that have been in this region since the late 1800s. I know it is a gamble as to whether or not I will find them, and many times I have added over 100 miles just searching for the three herds of about fifty each. A smile spreads across my face, weary from leaving camp earlier in the day, as I come upon a herd. Parking my truck and grabbing my Nikon camera, long lens, and tripod I begin photographing the intimate relationships between the horse families and the staggering conflict displayed in the fierce fighting for dominance between the stallions.
JULY 2023
Photography & Oil Paintings
From Alaska to Italy, choose from a vast collection of wildlife photography and oil painting to bring your walls to life. Take a minute to explore my gallery, and contact me if you have any questions.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Every year, just like clockwork, the Snow Geese stop in Delta, Utah on their migration route. The first year I witnessed this event, the geese stayed out on the water, too far for great photography. The next year, they left earlier than the year before because of favorable winds. However, this year, the waters were frozen, so the geese took to the fields - thousands upon thousands. It was jaw-dropping when thousands of them would take off at once, circle overhead, and land in a different section of the field. It sounded like jet engines flying overhead.
FEBRUARY 2023
