Truth
We seek the truth with courage, even when it complicates the story we hoped to tell.
About TRACE
Specialized teams.
Unified mission.
TRACE is Trace Collins’s practice. Explore is the personal field work. Document is TRACE, Inc. Impact is TRACE Foundation. One brand. Three ways of staying with a place.
Our principles
Integrity
We act with honesty and transparency. Methods, sources, and motives stay visible.
Independence
We remain free from political and corporate capture. The file has to survive scrutiny.
Impact
We create work that drives public benefit. A story that changes nothing is unfinished.
Trace Collins
The work starts on the ground.
Trace Collins came to this practice after years outside — including time as a firefighter and a park ranger. TRACE is what that attention became: a personal lane in the field, a documentary house, and a foundation that tries to leave something useful behind.
ExplorePersonal expeditions and public-land time.
DocumentTRACE, Inc. Photography and the record.
ImpactTRACE Foundation, after the story is filed.