Photographer Profiles

We’ve covered rocket launch photographers before but none of them have been like John Kraus. Kraus is an 18-year-old photographer who has earned international fame capturing stunning images of rocket launches.

In the below video, VICE News follows Kraus around as “he tries to perfect a shot that’s eluded him for years.” Kraus is based on Florida’s “Space Coast” where he shoots rocket launches as a member of the media.

“I feel like it’s a viable career option, which is why I’ve decided to go all in on it,” Kraus says. “I have access with what I do to something that not a lot of people do, so I really want to show what the space program is doing. I want to share how great space is to the everyday person.”

That’s a noble aspiration and one that Kraus is able to achieve through his out-of-this-world imagery. Watch the clip below where he sets out to photograph a SpaceX rocket launch at Cape Canaveral in a unique way, and then check out these three other rocket photography stories we have featured recently.

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