KYLE S. KLAIN
Kyle Klain is a writer and photographer who spent most of his twenties as a desert rat wandering the canyons of Utah. He learned quickly that good light is fleeting, water is heavy, and most of the time he had no idea what he was doing. Those years taught him to pay attention, to keep moving, and to laugh at himself when the wilderness delivered its regular lessons.
These days he splits his time between the high country of New Mexico, the long river miles of Oregon and Alaska, and the rare stretches of quiet that remind him why he started telling stories in the first place. He shoots and writes for The Radavist, usually chasing the moments where bikes, people, and landscapes collide in ways that reveal something honest. His photography began in the darkroom, working with hand-coated platinum prints from Bostick and Sullivan, which instilled a love for patience, craft, and the kind of chemistry that stains everything you own.
"Let's put down Foucault and play with some chemistry. Cyanide, anyone?" - G. Dey
Kyle serves as the New Mexico Policy Chair for Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, a role that pairs his belief in public land protections with a steady diet of policy paperwork. His writing in this arena focuses on keeping wild places wild and ensuring that the next generation can hunt, fish, ride, and roam the same mountains and river corridors he depends on. He is also the former President of the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society, where he discovered that trail work is simply cardio disguised as public service.
When he is not on a river, in the high country, or under an old truck trying to diagnose its latest complaint, he is usually developing film, writing stories, or looking for the next piece of ground that might remind him why these places matter.
