Akhila Sankar · Photography
A few frames I keep coming back to.
Three limestone sentinels rising from a Tyrrhenian Sea so saturated it hardly looks real. Shot from a boat rounding the island on a bright September afternoon, with the arch of Faraglione di Mezzo just catching the light.
Mount Rainier presiding over the tarns and subalpine firs near Tipsoo Lake. Late summer strips the snow to a skeleton crown and lets the meadows glow gold beneath it.
A lone sailboat drifting across pastel water as the Olympic Mountains dissolve into dusk. Some evenings at Golden Gardens the sky does all the editing for you.
Standing in the basalt amphitheater behind South Falls, where the trail slips beneath the cliff and the waterfall becomes a curtain of light hung between you and the forest.
Clouds spilling over the fluted green ramparts of the Koʻolau Range. The windward cliffs make their own weather — you just wait for the veil to lift.
Collections by place — from home shores to far coasts.
77 photos
England · Scotland · Wales · Northern Ireland
22 photos
Rome · Capri · Amalfi Coast
15 photos
Sigiriya · Hill Country · Colombo
24 photos
Oʻahu
20 photos
Washington
16 photos
Washington
10 photos
Coast · Columbia Gorge · Silver Falls
18 photos
British Columbia, Canada
8 photos
Seattle, Washington
I’m Akhila Sankar, a landscape photographer based in the Pacific Northwest. I’ve been chasing horizons since 2014 — alpine meadows, volcanic coasts, quiet harbors, and the occasional aurora.
Most of these frames come from long walks and longer waits: for the mist to lift off a ridge, for a sail to cross the sun’s reflection, for the tide to pull back just enough.