2010 Photographers

Chad Anderson | www.exposingfloridaphotography.com
Chad Anderson was born in St. Petersburg and is a seventh generation Floridian. The rapid development of Tampa Bay and the surrounding areas pushed Chad toward a career in environmental science, and eventually photography. After years of kayaking and hiking the natural preserves of the state from the panhandle to the keys, Chad decided to bring a camera along, and a passion grew instantly. While working in the field of conservation biology, he traverses the state and explores the unique splendors that exist even in the most urbanized areas of Florida. Frame by frame, Chad seeks to expose the beautiful land his ancestors’ first laid their eyes upon so that his photos might also inspire others to experience and preserve the richness that still remains in this diverse, unique, and awe-inspiring state. Chad is the administrator and creator of the Florida Conservation Photographers and his work has been featured on the FOX 13 segment “What’s Right With Tampa Bay” and has been displayed at Brooker Creek and Weedon Island preserve’s exhibit halls.

Kevin Barry | www.flickr.com/photos/kevin_barry
Kevin Barry is an award-winning nature photographer and South Florida native, who has traveled to numerous locations throughout the United States in search of the “great shot.” His work has been widely published and credits include magazines such as Natural History, Life, Nature Conservancy, Texas Highways, Defenders, Florida Wildlife, Popular Photography, and calendars by Audubon, BrownTrout, Teldon, and World Wildlife Fund. While Kevin loves
to photograph everything in the natural world, he has a special affinity for the landscape. For many years, his main weapon of choice was the 4x5 field camera, but he now shoots exclusively with a 35 mm digital camera. Ultimately, Kevin hopes his photos can inspire others to develop a greater appreciation of nature, and to care enough to want to save what remains of the “real” Florida.

Clyde Butcher | www.clydebutcher.com
Clyde Butcher’s black and white photographs explore his personal relationship with the environment. The beauty and depth of Clyde’s work draw the viewer into a relationship with nature. For more than 40 years, he has helped to preserve the landscape. Clyde captures his images with a large format view camera allowing him to express the elaborate detail and textures that distinguish the intricacy of the landscape. Recent projects include work for Florida’s “Save Our Rivers” program, the South Florida Water Management District, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Divisions of State Lands, the Bureau of Submerged Lands and Preserves, and Everglades National Park.

Will Dickey | www.willdickey.com
Will Dickey has been a Jacksonville resident since he became a staff photographer for The Florida Times-Union in 1983. News events, environmental portraits, sports, business, digital illustrations and features are among his daily assignments for the newspaper. Will has won regional and national awards for his newspaper work. But he has a special respect for nature and for the beauty of the northeast Florida landscape, especially the Timucuan Preserve and the St. Johns River. For the past several years, Will’s images of the First Coast landscape have been displayed in local art galleries and he is now exhibiting at area outdoor art festivals.

John Moran | www.johnmoranphoto.com
John Moran is Florida’s unofficial photographer laureate. He was the state nature photographer in 2006, creating a calendar of state lands for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Governor’s office. His bylines include National Geographic, Life, Time, Newsweek, Smithsonian and the cover of the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida. Moran seeks his photographic vision of natural Florida as it must have appeared to Ponce de Leon and other early strangers in paradise. His work highlights a 20-year odyssey to photograph the alligators, beaches, birds, rivers, trees, turtles and flowers that make Florida the amazing place we call home.

David Moyahan | www.davidmoynahan.com
Nature photographer David Moynahan is a native Floridian. He grew up in Miami, his backyard the Florida Keys and Everglades. He now lives in the Big Bend area. A lifelong outdoorsman and traveler, David has spent 40 years developing his photographic skills. In recent years, he has worked with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Office of Recreation Services creating landscape and wildlife photos to illustrate web pages,
on-site educational exhibits, recreation guides and other interpretive materials. David also serves as the photo editor on the Biodiversity Atlas project of the Florida Natural Areas Inventory. He is committed to promoting the conservation of our state’s natural heritage.

Jeff Ripple | www.jeffripple.com
Jeff Ripple is a fine art landscape photographer and natural history author who grew up in South Florida. He has devoted nearly half his life to exploring and documenting the natural wonders of Florida and the South. Jeff’s primary camera is a 4x5 field camera, allowing him to capture the subtleties of the landscape with amazing clarity. He works in both color and black–and–white. Jeff has participated in more than a dozen museum exhibits and his work can be found in collections worldwide. He hopes that through his photography and writing people will develop a new appreciation for their natural heritage.

James Shadle | www.wildflorida.net
James Shadle is an award-winning photographer and trained naturalist. Numerous publications have featured James’ photographs including National Geographic Adventure, Outdoor Photographer, Audubon, National Wildlife, Popular Photography, Shutterbug and Vision. James grew up in rural Hillsborough County, playing in the woods and fields where homes and businesses now stand. He still lives only a couple of miles from where he was raised. James has always loved being out in the wild. His father was a hunter and fisherman. James also loves to stalk wildlife but hunts only with a digital camera. As a father and husband, he encourages exploring wild Florida as a family.

Mac Stone | www.macstonephoto.com
Mac Stone resides in Gainesville. However, for the last two and a half years he has lived in both Honduras and Wyoming as a photography and environmental instructor for children. He uses his camera to expose the raw beauty and intrinsic value that our natural world possesses, raising awareness of the importance of habitat restoration and land conservation. Mac has independently published two books — one on the recently protected Kanapaha Prairie and another covering the diversity of the Honduran landscape. Currently he is working on two additional conservation photography books to be published in 2009.

James Valentine | www.quest-foundation.org
Jim Valentine’s camera, “a carrier of the light,” is used to create archival photographic art that reflects the creations of nature and culture. He has devoted his life work for the stewardship of wilderness, wildlife and the understanding of sustainable living. As president of Quest Foundation, Inc., Valentine pioneered the concept of environmental art photography in 1969 — images that work for the conservation of our wilderness and cultural heritage. His photographic work has been used to help conserve millions of acres of wild places in the Americas and to bring attention to the preservation of many important cultural sites.

Carlton Ward Jr. | www.carltonward.com
Carlton Ward Jr. is an eighth-generation Florida native. An ecologist by training, Carlton aims to promote conservation of natural environments and cultural legacies through his photographs. His first book, The “Edge of Africa,” received international acclaim and he regularly produces stories for Smithsonian, National Wildlife, Africa Geographic, and Outdoor Photographer. Carlton was featured in the June 2007 issue of Popular Photography as one of three photographers working to save vanishing America. He is currently focused on Florida conservation issues and has begun several long-term projects celebrating the state’s vanishing natural heritage. In 2004, he founded LINC to promote Florida conservation through photography.

Eric Zamora | www.ericzamora.com
Eric Zamora splits his time as a photographer between the Florida Museum of Natural History and enterprise projects that focus on the environment in places ranging across North America. In Florida, Eric produces visual content of the Big Bend coastline and the Santa Fe River to promote sustainable development. Backgrounds in wilderness travel and photojournalism have allowed him to capture a holistic vision of conservation issues that includes not just the landscape, but also the people and wildlife that live there. To inspire youth, Eric presents his photography and conducts workshops at local high schools and Florida 4-H groups.