Roy Sewall

Roy Sewall is one of the leading photographers of the Potomac River and Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal. Although Roy spent most of his youth in India, Pakistan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, his State Department family’s home base was the Washington, D.C., area. Roy has a BS in Physics from Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland and a MS in Engineering Science from Penn State. He returned permanently to the Washington area in 1969 and worked for several major technology corporations for over 30 years.

Roy’s interest in photography evolved from extensive travel in six continents. In 2001, he started his transition to full-time photographer. He always found the Washington area to be one of the most photogenic locations in the world. Roy’s first photography book, "Our Potomac, from Great Falls through Washington, D.C.," was published in 2005; it was inspired by his affection for hiking and bicycling along the river and the adjacent C&O Canal. The book has led to numerous lecture and slide show engagements with local organizations.

In 2007, Roy became the first Chair of the Board of Directors for the C&O Canal Trust, a non-profit friends group for the National Park Service. Roy has done extensive photography work for river- and C&O Canal-related government and non-profit organizations, as well as private and commercial clients.

Roy’s second book, "Great Falls and Mather Gorge," was published in 2009. In addition, he was a guest on WETA’s TV program "Great Views of Washington D.C.," the lead photographer in the "Best of D.C." publication, and in a feature article in the "2009/2010 Where Guestbook," Washington, D.C.

Since completing "Great Falls and Mather Gorge," Roy has developed diverse bodies of work for exhibitions that include unusual foreign and domestic sites, historical re-enactment, and abstracts.