Erik D. Walker was born in 1971 in the suburbs of Seattle, WA. His family was a little bit on the hippy side and they enjoyed traveling around the Northwest to camp, fish, sightsee and party. During his teen years, Erik discovered a love for black and white photography and spent many hours a day in the darkroom that he and his father built in a corner of their workshop. While in his early twenties, Erik felt the mountains calling him and moved to the central Cascade Mountains to live in a tent, along the Stilliguamish River. There, he acquired a deep understanding of Mother Nature, while perfe...