About Kent Gunnufson

Kent Gunnufson, webmaster

"The snow numbed my face as I skied into the wind. The cold penetrated and I felt the pain deep. I stopped to gasp for breath — and then I got the photograph." Kent Gunnufson has spent a lifetime with a camera in hand, to bring back something special to show and document.

Kent Gunnufson is a photographer, documentary filmmaker, educator, and publisher who has spent more than four decades documenting life in the Colorado Rockies. He founded SnowStorm Publications in 1981 and launched Mountain Magazine in 1994 as a celebration of the people, places, arts, and adventures that define high-country living.

His award-winning films — including Bumming Colorado's Ski Country, Grandma Builds an Earthship, American Super Logger, and A Woman Ranching the Rockies — have screened at festivals from Breckenridge to Houston, earning Platinum Remi Awards, Best Documentary honors, and a place in Banff's Mountain Film World Tour. His still photography and films have been exhibited worldwide.

A Stanford Publishing Program scholarship recipient, former CBS and NBC independent producer, programming that won a national award in 1998 for the top 30 national markets. Kent brings the same eye to every medium: find the story, go where it lives, and don't leave until you have it.

Filmmaker

Multiple Platinum Remi Awards at Worldfest-Houston. Best Documentary at Mountain Film Awards and Reel Awards. Official selection, Breckenridge International Festival of Film. PBS prime-time broadcast on KBDR Denver.

Photographer

Fine-art prints exhibited at Camera Obscura, Ginny Williams, and David Hills galleries in Denver. Y to Y Division First Place at Banff Cultural Center. Work toured in Banff's 2010 Mountain Film World Tour to hundreds of communities worldwide.

Educator & Publisher

Photography workshops for Coastline Community College, Colorado Free University, and the Sierra Club. Keynote speaker at LA Sierra Club and Foothills Art Center. Author of the Mountain Real Estate Buyer's Guide.