Marty Knapp Photo Gallery in Point Reyes Station, CA

Marty Knapp Photo Gallery sits at 11245 Highway One in the heart of downtown Point Reyes Station, a storefront dedicated to Marty's fine art black and white photographs of coastal Marin and beyond. For visitors exploring West Marin, it is one of the clearest places to see how Point Reyes light - fog, ocean edge, rolling hills, and star-filled skies - becomes collectible art rather than a postcard snapshot.

What Marty Knapp Photography Is

Marty Knapp is a Point Reyes Station photographer whose work focuses on light, form, and texture in the coastal landscape near his home, as well as dream-like infrared studies and dramatic night-sky images. He makes numbered-edition archival pigment prints on fine art papers, along with notecards, boxed sets, books, and smaller gift prints available in the gallery.

His photographic career spans more than four decades, with work held in private and public collections including the National Park Service, Fireman's Fund Headquarters, and UCSF Medical Center. Publications and recognition have included Black & White Magazine, LensWork, The World's Top Photographers, and a bronze medal for photography for his book Point Reyes 20 Years in the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

A Gallery With Deep Point Reyes Roots

Holiday open studios in Olema in the early 1990s led to the Highway One storefront opening in 2000. Marty and his wife, Jean, have welcomed visitors there ever since, keeping a continuous gallery presence in Point Reyes Station while the work evolved from traditional film and silver gelatin printing to today's archival pigment workflow.

That continuity matters in West Marin: the gallery is not a pop-up for tourists alone. It is a working artist gallery where current exhibits rotate on the walls, a larger catalog is available to browse, and custom print orders are made in Marty's studio.

What You Will See

Expect classic black and white coastal Marin landscapes - ocean edges, hills, beaches, and familiar Point Reyes landmarks rendered with the kind of light collectors return for. Collections and themes have included McClures Beach, Great Beach and Drakes Bay, Mount Tamalpais, Lagunitas Creek, infrared trees, panoramas, triptychs, moon studies, and starry-night and high-desert night-sky work.

Exhibits change several times a year. The ongoing Best of the Best presentation highlights some of Marty's most collected coastal Marin images selected from decades of creative work. Books, notecards, boxed sets, and framed miniatures make the gallery approachable whether you are browsing casually or commissioning a larger print.

Prints, Classes, And Custom Orders

Larger prints are custom made in the studio and can ship within the United States. Marty also teaches photo classes and coaches photographers, which makes the gallery useful not only for collectors but for people who want to deepen their own craft while visiting Point Reyes.

Today's prints use archival pigment inks on fine art papers. Earlier silver gelatin darkroom work informed the look and discipline of the current digital process, which is part of why the images still feel rooted in classic black and white craft.

Planning Your Visit

The gallery is typically open Friday through Sunday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with Sundays sometimes wrapping a little earlier, and also open by appointment. Parking is available along Shoreline Highway and nearby side streets. If the door is closed when you arrive, call - Marty and Jean live nearby and often can meet visitors by arrangement.