Pacific NW
I’m Joe Eitzen, a founder and photographer. I build photo and video experiences at Snapbar, make analog film tools through Archive 135, and photograph places worth keeping.
This site is the map of everything I photograph.
The atlas plots every country, region, and city I have photographed on an interactive globe — 41 places so far. Each place holds a short field note, and finished bodies of work open into immersive destination journals: Alaska (the Kenai, August 2026), Italy (Lake Como, May 2026), and Morocco (2019) are published, with more volumes in edit. Photographs are mine unless a plate is explicitly credited to another photographer.
This page is about the person behind the atlas. For licensing, commissions, or print questions, write to hello@joeeitzen.com.
Most of what I make begins with a photograph.
Snapbar began with my love of photography, grew into a photo booth company, and now builds AI photo and video software for brands including Disney, Nike, Google, Meta, and FIFA — and hundreds more. Archive 135 grew out of a love of film, physical tools, and the discipline of fewer frames. My photography comes from the same instinct: finding places that ask you to slow down, watching the light, and making images that preserve the feeling of being there.
I studied visual communication, and that still shapes how I think. Images aren't decoration — they're how people remember, share, understand, and keep what matters. I care about what they do after they're made: how they become objects, part of rituals, and how they carry memory over time.
Ventures & projects.
Four ongoing
studio practices
03 — Point of View
The tools change.The craft still matters.— J.E.
Ansel Adams was an early anchor — less a style to copy than a model for patience, exposure, tonal range, darkroom thinking, and the final print. His work set the course for how I first understood landscape photography.
Cameras. Leica Q2 · Canon R5 · Canon 5D Mark IV · Leica M3 · Hasselblad 500CM
Lenses. Canon 100mm Macro · Canon 24–70mm f/2.8L II · Canon 16–35mm f/2.8L II · Canon 85mm f/1.8 · Sigma 35mm f/1.4
In the press.
Selected mentions · ongoing
Asked often.
Short answers · plain terms
- Who is Joe Eitzen?
- A Pacific Northwest-based founder and landscape photographer. He co-founded Snapbar, an event photo and video company, founded Archive 135, and publishes his photography as an interactive atlas at joeeitzen.com.
- What is the photography atlas?
- An interactive globe that maps every country, region, and city Joe has photographed. Each place has its own page with a short field note, and finished bodies of work open into immersive photo journals with sound — currently Lake Como (Italy), Morocco, and Alaska.
- Where has Joe photographed?
- Forty-one places so far: the American West and Alaska, Lake Como in Italy, Morocco, and countries across Europe, Asia, and the Americas — from Costa Rica and Croatia to Thailand and Vietnam. The places index lists them all.
- What does he shoot with?
- The Alaska volume was made on a Leica Q2 with its fixed 28mm Summilux; the Morocco archive on a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV. Earlier digital archives, including the black-and-white national park work, are being edited for the atlas.
- Are prints available?
- Yes — prints are ordered directly, by email, from the prints page. Say which photograph and what size, and Joe replies personally with options and pricing.
- Can I license a photograph or commission work?
- Write to hello@joeeitzen.com with the photograph or brief in mind. All photographs are © Joe Eitzen unless a plate is explicitly credited to another photographer.
