Steve Fuller, who has been the Winterkeeper in Yellowstone National Park for over 30 years, hikes into the Mud Volcano area of the park with his camera. A published photographer, Fuller brings along his camera wherever he goes.
Yellowstone National Park Winterkeeper, Steve Fuller maneuvers his way between two propane tanks at Lake Lodge where he was checking their levels. Fuller has been the winterkeeper and year-round resident of the park for over 30 years.
Steve Fuller prepares breakfast on a February morning while paperwork dealing with the hiring of summer maintenance staff is spread out on the kitchen table.
Steve Fuller's cabin, where he lives year round, is located about a mile from Canyon Village, in the heart of Yellowstone National Park.
A photograph of Steve Fuller with his daughter Skye at her wedding and another of older daughter, Emma, with Skye are posted on his kitchen wall. Emma was a year old when Fuller moved with his wife to Yellowstone and Skye was born during the family's second winter in the park.
As part of his winter duties, Steve Fuller grooms the ski trails around the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone area with a groomer attached to the back of his snowmobile.
Steve Fuller clears snow off the roof of his pantry using a shovel and a six-foot saw.
Icicles hang from the sun room on Steve Fuller's cabin in the foreground and continue to line the south side of the home.
Steve Fuller reads the New York Times Book Review while having his morning cup of coffee. His cat, Siegfried, named for English poet and author Siegfried Sassoon, wanders by.