Russ Bolt has been a photographer his whole life. Following a first career in healthcare he has been able to spend more time practicing photography. Currently living in Bath, ME he has worked and resided in Minnesota, Northern California, the Philadelphia area and Boston.
Primarily self-taught Russ has enhanced his skills at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in NYC, the Maine Photographic Workshops (Maine Media Workshops), and the New England School of Photography (NESOP) in Boston.
Russ has won a number of awards for his photographs at juried exhibitions and self-published five books of his photographs. He also donates his time providing documentary and publicity photographs to local non-profit organizations.