Growing up in the late ‘50s-early ‘60s in a small Oregon town, Chris Johns was transported to amazing places through the plethora of books and magazines he devoured when visiting his grandparents home. His favorite publication was National Geographic, with its distinctive yellow spine and trademark yellow portrait-frame cover, that inside teemed with brilliant color photography, foldout maps and fascinating tales from around the globe. “That magazine captured my imagination and took me to places, connected me to cultures, landscapes and environments that I never dreamed I would ever visit,” says Johns.
Jason Uzarraga 