MAY 11, 2016 – GENERAL MEETING – BERGEN PARK FIRE STATION 7PM (6:30pm SOCIAL TIME)-PRESENTER: BOYD NORTON

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BOYD NORTON WILL BE OUR SPEAKER FOR THE MAY 11 GENERAL MEETING.

How NOT to Become a Conservation Photographer…But You Should Anyway

Local award-winning conservation photographer and author Boyd Norton will present “How NOT to Become a Conservation Photographer…But You Should Anyway” at the May 11th Evergreen Camera Club meeting. Boyd’s talk will dovetail nicely with his 17th published book: Conservation Photography Handbook, How to Save the World One Photo at a Time.


BOYD NORTON WILL BE OUR SPEAKER FOR THE MAY 11 GENERAL MEETING.

How NOT to Become a Conservation Photographer…But You Should Anyway

Local award-winning conservation photographer and author Boyd Norton will present “How NOT to Become a Conservation Photographer…But You Should Anyway” at the May 11th Evergreen Camera Club meeting. Boyd’s talk will dovetail nicely with his 17th published book: Conservation Photography Handbook, How to Save the World One Photo at a Time.

Boyd is the recipient of the Sierra Club’s prestigious 2015 Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography and was named “One of the 40 most influential nature photographers from around the globe,” by Outdoor Photography Magazine in Great Britain. His photos have been published in most major magazines worldwide, including Time, National Geographic, and Smithsonian and he is a Founder and Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers and also the International League of Conservation Writers.

Boyd began his freelance career in the 1960s while a nuclear researcher for the Atomic Energy Commission in Idaho. His photos helped win several battles to save threatened wilderness in the region and convinced him to “retire” from nuclear physics and focus on saving the world. Throughout the next five decades, Boyd has played a key role in the establishment of many wilderness areas in the Rocky Mountain region, new national parks in Alaska, and in the designation of Siberia’s Lake Baikal as a World Heritage Site. Boyd is co-founder and co-director of Serengeti Watch, a 501(c) 3 non-profit (part of Earth Island Institute) committed to preserving the Serengeti ecosystem from destructive developments.

Boyd lives in Evergreen with his wife, Barb, and is currently working on three new books, including a novel.