Born in New York City, he received BA and MA degrees in English Literature at the University of Colorado, then took a diploma in film-making from The London International Film School. His film credits include cinematography for the Audubon special "The New Range Wars" (1991), the 1989 "Painted Earth" (produced by the Getty Museum in partnership with New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art) and film festival award-winners such as "A Weave of Time" (1986).

Parsons has produced documentaries on numerous aspects of Southwestern culture, from crafts to history. The National Endowment for the Arts also sponsored both his three-year survey of santeros (traditional sculptors of devotional figures) and the two-year Entriega Project, which recorded the lives of traditional Hispanic musicians.

Parsons has photographed pueblo architecture, lowrider cars, Southwestern landscapes, rural churches and lived traditions. His editorial work and stock photography include clients who range from the National Geographic Society to Singapore Airlines and his photos can be seen in publications from Actuel and Geo to America's Forbes and New York Times.

Jack Parsons has a dozen books to his credit, including "True West" and "Native America" (Clarkson Potter); Santa Fe Style" and "Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico" (Rizzoli); and "The Chile Chronicles and "Spanish New Mexico" (The Museum of New Mexico Press). "The Santa Fe House" (Clarkson Potter) and "Heaven's Window" (Graphic Arts), debut in late 2001 and 2002.

For information about commercial work, books or stock photography, please see www.jackparsonsphoto.com.