Ray K. Saunders is a freelance photographer splitting his time between Nantucket, MA, and North Beach, MD. Two visually rich areas.

He’s been in love with photography since he was a young boy. From the Kodak Instamatic he used in grade school to his first 35mm camera. From his first photograph published in a local newspaper when he was in high school, to his front-page photos in The Washington Post. His father, a photographer, encouraged and critiqued him along the way, providing him with cameras as his talent emerged.

Ray spent his professional life as a photojournalist working for newspapers in Virginia then spending 23 years as a photo editor at The Washington Post.

Ray has been a North Beach, MD, resident since the early 1990’s, raising three children and renovating a house.

The Chesapeake Bay has always been a special place for Ray throughout his life. He has chronicled the scenes, boats, people and wildlife of the region. Since 2008 he has also turned his eye to Nantucket.