In hopes of presenting the natural world as an emissary for its own preservation.

PHOTOGRAPHY Awards:

2006
· Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice Awards:
    - Winner of ‘Animal Antics’
(Exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute’s Natural History Museum)
    - ‘Highly Honored’ image in ‘Birds’
· International Wild Bird Photographer:
- Winner of the ‘Best Artistic Image’

2007
· Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice Awards:
    - Two ‘Highly Honored’ images in ‘Birds’

 
2008
· National Wildlife Magazine:
- Second place in ‘Birds’, professional division
 
2009
· NANPA Member Competition:
- ‘Top 10’ from 4,120 images, as judged by professional photographers of the North American Nature Photographers Association
· Nature’s Best Windland Smith Rice Awards:
- ‘Highly Honored’ image in ‘Birds’
(Exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute’s Natural History Museum)

2010
· Images for Conservation Pro Tournament 2010:
- 3rd place out of 20 professional photographers
- $21,500 cash prize


Publications Include: Laura’s photography has been published in National Wildlife, National Geographic, Nature’s Best, Nature Conservancy, The Smithsonian Magazine, Ranger Rick, and Birder’s Worldmagazines -- among others.

Photography Experience:
• Stock photography as well as database creation of stock photography library for Medical News Network, New York City, NY
• Diagnostic (specimen) photography, field photography, and darkroom developing/printing for archaeologists and curators at the Center for American Archaeology and the University of Nebraska State Museum.
• Freelance photography for special events in Lincoln, Nebraska
• Digital/Technical Assistant for Joanne Williams International Photo Safaris

International travel and photography includes: Panama, South Africa, Falkland Islands, Galapagos Islands, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Ecuador, Chile, Japan, Argentina, Newfoundland and Brazil.

Education:
Graduate - MA in Medical and Biological Illustration from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Undergraduate - BFA in Scientific Illustration as well as Visual Arts from the University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Mission: To present the natural world as an emissary for its own preservation and enhancement, teach about the natural world through photographic stories, and hopefully, shift egocentric human perspectives toward the environment.

Memberships: North American Nature Photographer’s Association, American Society of Media Photographers, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, and Association of Medical Illustrators.
Conservation Memberships: Nature Conservancy, Land Trust Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, National Wildlife Refuge Association, Yellowstone Association, National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, and Defenders of Wildlife

 

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