Press & Features
Here's where my content has been featured, from a museum's online exhibition to conservation partners up and down the coast. If you're writing a story, my bio and a headshot are in the press kit at the bottom of the page.
Enduring Ground: America's National Parks
Executive Director Crista Dix selected my Profile Point photograph for the Griffin Museum's juried online exhibition Enduring Ground. It was one of 56 images chosen for the online show from more than 740 submitted by 258 artists.
View the exhibition
Sea Lions Are Getting Seriously Injured By Fishing Gear Inside Channel Islands Harbor
Founder and president Kurt Lieber wrote about California sea lions injured by fishing gear inside Channel Islands Harbor, where I live and work, and ran the story with my photographs.
Read the article
Hidden Gems: Meet Alexis Noelle Galasso of Salt + Noelle
A Hidden Gems interview with VoyageLA about how Salt + Noelle started.
Open the interviewThe story I'm after is what sea otters do when they believe they're alone. That story only exists at a distance, which makes distance part of the craft.
Certified Wildlife Steward
I'm a Certified Wildlife Steward through Sea Otter Savvy's Community Active Wildlife Stewards (CAWS) program, and I hold one of only three CAWS photography certifications awarded worldwide.
Sea Otter Awareness Week 2026
Here are some of the organizations that featured my work during their Sea Otter Awareness Week campaigns.
See the week's gallery
Press Kit
Short Bio
Alexis Noelle Galasso is the founder of Salt + Noelle, a conservation media studio and strategic consultancy at Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, California. She documents sea otters and pinnipeds with long telephoto lenses under her Admire from Afar method, and her long-form field stories have reached 128K+ site visitors in 180+ countries. She serves as Advising Director of Marketing & Development at Sea Otter Savvy and is a Certified Wildlife Steward through its Community Active Wildlife Stewards (CAWS) program. Before Salt + Noelle, she spent more than 15 years in music and entertainment, including Universal Music Group and Apple Music.
About Salt + Noelle
Salt + Noelle is a conservation media studio and strategic consultancy founded in 2025 by Alexis Noelle Galasso at Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, California. The studio publishes wildlife photography and long-form field stories from the California coast, and builds campaigns and visual content for conservation organizations and coastal brands. All field work follows Admire from Afar™, the studio's distance-based ethical method. Learn more at saltnoelle.com.
Photo Credit
Alexis Galasso / Salt + Noelle
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For interviews, high-resolution files or a photo that isn't here, email alexisnoelle@saltnoelle.com.
Working on a Coastal Story?
Writing about the coast, wildlife or the people working to protect both? Send me your angle and your deadline, and I'll tell you what I can offer, from an interview to images from the archive.