A SHORT HISTORY...
In 1977, John's grandmother gave him $200 to start his college fund. Instead, John used the money to buy his first 35mm camera, and then he used the camera to put himself through college. He earned a biology degree from the University of Montana, and became an award-winning photojournalist at newspapers in Florida and Montana. By 1982, he was ranked by the National Press Photographers' Association as one of the top three photojournalists in the southeastern United States.
But the frantic, deadline-driven lifestyle lost out to the more humble call of the natural world. Along this path, John worked as a biologist for many years – mostly with the National Park Service – working to conserve California Condors, Bald Eagles, and his favorite -- Harlequin Ducks. Ask him sometime about hiking in Glacier National Park with a Harlequin under one arm.
Now John has completed the circle by combining both of his passions -- photography and conservation -- in the form of Fine Art Photography. His images remind you of the natural beauty and humor of wild places and wild critters.
He lives with his wife and business partner, Tracy, and their dogs and cat at the end of the road, just a little ways past the “town” of Kila, in northwestern Montana.
In 1977, John's grandmother gave him $200 to start his college fund. Instead, John used the money to buy his first 35mm camera, and then he used the camera to put himself through college. He earned a biology degree from the University of Montana, and became an award-winning photojournalist at newspapers in Florida and Montana. By 1982, he was ranked by the National Press Photographers' Association as one of the top three photojournalists in the southeastern United States.
But the frantic, deadline-driven lifestyle lost out to the more humble call of the natural world. Along this path, John worked as a biologist for many years – mostly with the National Park Service – working to conserve California Condors, Bald Eagles, and his favorite -- Harlequin Ducks. Ask him sometime about hiking in Glacier National Park with a Harlequin under one arm.
Now John has completed the circle by combining both of his passions -- photography and conservation -- in the form of Fine Art Photography. His images remind you of the natural beauty and humor of wild places and wild critters.
He lives with his wife and business partner, Tracy, and their dogs and cat at the end of the road, just a little ways past the “town” of Kila, in northwestern Montana.
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