Howard Frisk

Howard Frisk began his creative journey not with words, but with images—capturing the world through the lens of a Kodak Instamatic 104 camera given to him by his mother in his hometown of Seattle. What began as a childhood fascination soon grew into a lifelong passion for photography. His work evolved into freelance assignments, and he started selling his fine art photographs on various online platforms. Howard Frisk is a Seattle area freelance photographer and a native of the Great Pacific Northwest. He has been providing commercial photography and portrait photography services for over twenty years. Howard's travel photographs have been published in the Seattle Official Visitors Guide, Seattle Day by Day, Seattle, Washington State Visitor's Guide, Scenic Washington, Washington State Wine Official Tour Guide and numerous books, calendars and web sites.

Howard's work has been shown at the Premier Gallery as well as Gallery Three in Puyallup, Washington. In 2025 over a dozen photographs were accepted into the Cascadia Photographers Exhibition and the Northwest International Exhibition of Photography. All of these are juried exhibitions.

In pursuit of dramatic landscapes, Howard purchased a Jeep Wrangler and set out to explore the remote back roads of Washington and Idaho. Along the way, he discovered more than sweeping vistas—he encountered the haunting remnants of history: weathered farmhouses, collapsing barns, and, eventually, entire ghost towns. These forgotten places became both his inspiration and his subjects. The results were Abandoned Washington Stare, Abandoned Idaho, Ghost Towns of Eastern Idaho, and Ghost Towns of Western Idaho, among others.

While researching the ghost town of Rocky Bar, Idaho, he stumbled upon the story—or more aptly, the legend—of Peg Leg Annie. In his book Ghost Towns of Western Idaho, she earned a brief mention, little more than a page and a half. But when a friend suggested her tale deserved a book of its own, the idea took root.

Although Howard’s previous works were non-fiction, he realized that Peg Leg Annie’s life story existed somewhere between truth and legend—territory best explored through storytelling. The result is his first work of historical fiction: a novel that brings new life to one of Idaho’s most enduring frontier legends. Peg Leg Annie is scheduled to be released in January of 2026.