ABOUT TRAVIS DEWITZ
Travis Dewitz is a commercial photographer from Wisconsin working throughout the Midwest. This website features his personal work that typically has a focus towards photojournalism while his portrait work has an editorial flare. His work spans from beautifully graceful ballerinas to the abandoned coal towns of West Virginia. He is also the author of the award winning book, Blaze Orange, that documents the deep culture of the yearly Wisconsin deer hunt.
TRAVIS DEWITZ
Email - travis@travisdewitz.com
Phone - (715) 514-4505
T.D. CML PHOTOGRAPHY Co.
Commercial (external website)
Editorial (external website)
Image licensing available upon request.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Book
Blaze Orange – Whitetail Deer Hunting in Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical Society
Book (Photo Use)
National Geographic Time Zones 3, National Geographic
Continuity & Change: The Lure of North American Railroads, Center for Railroad Photography & Art
The Railroad and the Art of Place: An Anthology, Center for Railroad Photography & Art
Photozine
Cowboys X Ballerinas
Eau Claire Police Department - Police Work
Solo Exhibitions
“Unseen and Historic Eau Claire” Chippewa Valley Museum, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Group Exhibitions
"Native Truths: Our Voices, Our Stories" Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
“5th annual Artist’s Perspective Exhibition” APA Chicago, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, Illinois
“Harvesting Traditions Installation” Chippewa Valley Museum, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
“All Aboard, Railroads and the Historic Landscapes They Travel” Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey
“Hunting Traditions Installation” Chippewa Valley Museum, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
“Wisconsin Railroads Today” East Troy Electric Railroad Museum, East Troy, Wisconsin
“A Story in Three Photographs” California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento, California
Awards
Fred A. and Jane R. Stindt Photography Lifetime Achievement Award, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society
Honorable Mention, Creative Photography Award, The Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Finalist, Midwest Independent Publishing Association, Blaze Orange – Whitetail Deer Hunting in Wisconsin
Finalist, Hunt for Americana Photo Contest – Popular Photography Magazine -“Cowboy and Drafts”
Honorable Mention, Creative Photography Award, The Center for Railroad Photography and Art
3rd Place, Volume One’s Best of the Chippewa Valley – Best Local Book Released In The Last Year
1st place, MPEX – March Photo Contest – “Ballerina on the Ropes”
Honorable Mention, Creative Photography Award, The Center for Railroad Photography and Art
1st Place, Weekly Photography Contest, Photoserve
Silver Award, Creative Asia Awards Photography Competition
2nd Place, WPPI
Child Model Magazine In Style Winner (2)
Le Reve Magazine Halloween Contest Winner
Le Reve Magazine Contest Winner (2)
Makings of a Model Magazine Cover Contest Winner
Grand Prize, Trains Photography Contest, Trains Magazine
Honorable Mention, Creative Photography Award, The Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Grand Prize, Photography Contest, Volume One
Honorable Mention, Creative Photography Award, The Center for Railroad Photography and Art
Presentations
“Mikado’s Farewell – China’s Last Steam Railroad”Center for Railroad Photography & Art, April 2020 - Video Link
“Blaze Orange: Inside the Book” Across the Midwest, 2014 – 2015
“Steel Echoes” Center for Photography & Art at Lake Forest College. Lake Forest, Illinois, 17 May 2014
“Eau Claire Past & Present” Volume One Gallery, The Local Store, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 30 January 2014
Print Articles
“Let the Funeral Comfort Our Hearts” Civilization, November 2016
“Project Photography: Telling a Story” Railfan & Railroad, August 2016
“Nine Days in November” Sporting Classics, Fall 2015
“Pause in Time” Trains, October 2014
“Summer Haught” Cinamagic, Summer 2014
“Alice Through the Looking Glass” Un.sung, Fall 2013
On Air
Wisconsin Public Radio, Larry Meiller Show; 19 Nov. 2014
NBC TMJ4 in Milwaukee, The Morning Blend; 19 Nov. 2014
Wisconsin Public Radio, Spectrum West; 23 Oct. 2014
Online Articles
"The Last Dragons" LensCulture
"The Heritage of Hunting, Preserved in Photographs" Love Wisconsin
“Meeting your colleagues and mentors” Railfan Extra Board