Lynn Helbrecht was born and raised in Southern California. She decided to move to the
Northwest after working summers in Alaska during college, and has lived in Olympia,
Washington since 1985. She has always loved photography, but pursued it only casually while
she developed her career in fish and wildlife conservation. Retirement in 2021 offered her the
opportunity to deepen her understanding of the craft, studying new techniques for making
images that felt different and conveyed a sense of emotional impact. She feels most successful
when she is able to showcase the very extraordinary hiding in our everyday world.
