Byron Hill Harmon (1876–1942)Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

was a pioneering photographer of the Canadian Rockies.Holt, Faye Reineberg
Canada's Rocky Mountains: A History in Photographs
p. 81 (2010) ("The best known of Canada's mountain photographers")Cronin, J. Keri
Manufacturing national park nature: photography, ecology, and the wilderness
p. 58 (2011) ("Harmon, one of the most famous and prolific photographers in the history of the Canadian Rocky Mountains parks ...") Harmon was born in

Tacoma, Washington Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Pa ...

. Prior to his move to Canada, Harmon got his start in photography as the proprietor of a photographic supply store in Washington State, where his employees included future dance photographer Wayne Albee. In 1903 Harmon took up residence in

Banff, Alberta Banff is a town within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located in Alberta's Rockies along the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately west of Calgary and east of Lake Louise. At above Banff is the community with the second highest ...

and started a photography business there. He was a charter member of and the official photographer to the

Alpine Club of Canada The Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) is an amateur athletic association with its national office in Canmore, Alberta that has been a focal point for Canadian mountaineering since its founding in 1906. The club was co-founded by Arthur Oliver Wheeler ...

from its outset in 1906. Over the next 30 years Harmon became a leading citizen of Banff, founding the local Board of Trade, the Rotary Club, and serving in municipal government.(3 June 1978)
Mountain Man
''Windsor Star'' His collection of more than 6500 photographs provides an outstanding, thorough, and vivid representation of the Canadian Rockies in the early 20th century. The collection is now housed at the Whyte Museum in Banff.

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Byron Harmon Photos

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harmon, Byron American photographers Canadian photographers Documentary photographers Landscape photographers 1876 births 1942 deaths American emigrants to Canada