—  About

Scott Drickey is a seasoned photographer. He’s very grateful for a unique early career photographing notable subjects including people and objects of desire. Currently, he’s pursuing authenticity in his work. His specialty is lighting and pre-visualizing.

Scott Drickey (born 1970 in Omaha, NE) is an accomplished photographer who has been establishing a relevant body of work since the early 1990s. His ability to pre-visualize projects while straddling both sides of technology has earned him high regard. He has stated that his work is the result of seeing rather than searching and making still and moving pictures rather than taking them.

Drickey started his career studying film in Santa Barbara and assisting notable photographers including Peggy Sirota, Diego Uchitel, and Albert Watson. He achieved his first editorial publication at age 24 in ELLE Magazine. He spent four years living and working in Los Angeles before moving to New York City, where he was represented by the agency Exposure NY and established his own studio. Drickey worked primarily in fashion and advertising with a focus on beauty still life photography. Some of his notable editorial and advertising clients include American Vogue, Vibe, Aveda/Shiseido, Neiman Marcus, and many more.

Inspired by his experiences during Earth Day 1992 in Santa Barbara, Drickey has had a long-held passion for conservation. He returned to Omaha in 2001, shifting his focus to agricultural and outdoor photography. He has done work with the Nature Conservancy in Nebraska and globally. He has credited his work in conservation for reminding him of his love for photography. One of his proudest accomplishments was working with professors Sarah Thomas Karle and David Karle on their 2017 book Conserving the Dust Bowl: The New Deal's Prairie States Forestry Project. As part of their project, Drickey shot aerial photographs of the remaining “shelterbelt” trees in the Great Plains region. His most recent project involved capturing still photography and video for an immersive video installation titled Nebraska: Flatwater which celebrated the state’s natural landscape.