Amy Gulick
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Amy Gulick is an American nature and wildlife photographer
. She is one of the founding Fellows of the International League of Conservation Photographers
Her award-winning images have been featured in many magazines, including publications of the National Audubon Society
, National Wildlife Federation
, National Parks Conservation Association
and the Sierra Club
, as well as Nature's Best Photography
magazine.
In 2001 she published an Internet journal about her three-week photography expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
. This effort won a Lowell Thomas
Travel Journalism Award presented by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation in 2002.
She has also received the Daniel Houseberg Wilderness Image Award from the Alaska Conservation Foundation and was awarded a Phillip Hyde grant from the North American Nature Photography Association
.
In 2010 she published Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska's Tongass Rainforest
( ISBN 978-1-59485-091-2), a book containing her photographs, along with stories from people who live in the area. The book has been called "a great achievement in environmental photography and ecology."
Wildlife photography
Wildlife photography is the act of taking photographs of wildlife.Wildlife photography is regarded as one of the more challenging forms of photography. As well as needing sound technical skills, such as being able to expose correctly, wildlife photographers generally need good field craft skills...
. She is one of the founding Fellows of the International League of Conservation Photographers
International League of Conservation Photographers
The International League of Conservation Photographers is a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering environmental and cultural conservation through ethical photography...
Her award-winning images have been featured in many magazines, including publications of the National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society
The National Audubon Society is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation. Incorporated in 1905, Audubon is one of the oldest of such organizations in the world and uses science, education and grassroots advocacy to advance its conservation mission...
, National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation
The National Wildlife Federation is the United States' largest private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization, with over four million members and supporters, and 48 state and territorial affiliated organizations...
, National Parks Conservation Association
National Parks Conservation Association
The National Parks Conservation Association is the only independent, membership organization devoted exclusively to advocacy on behalf of the National Parks System...
and the Sierra Club
Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president...
, as well as Nature's Best Photography
Nature's Best Photography
Nature's Best Photography is a magazine based in Reston, Virginia. Its primary focus is to inspire greater understanding and stewardship of nature through the art of photography....
magazine.
In 2001 she published an Internet journal about her three-week photography expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska, United States. It consists of in the Alaska North Slope region. It is the largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, slightly larger than the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge...
. This effort won a Lowell Thomas
Lowell Thomas
Lowell Jackson Thomas was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous...
Travel Journalism Award presented by the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation in 2002.
She has also received the Daniel Houseberg Wilderness Image Award from the Alaska Conservation Foundation and was awarded a Phillip Hyde grant from the North American Nature Photography Association
North American Nature Photography Association
The North American Nature Photography Association or NANPA is an organization dedicated to photography of nature. Established in 1994, the association has more than 3,000 members currently. Several categories of membership are available, including discounts for students. It annually sponsors many...
.
In 2010 she published Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska's Tongass Rainforest
Tongass National Forest
The Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska is the largest national forest in the United States at 17 million acres . Most of its area is part of the temperate rain forest WWF ecoregion, itself part of the larger Pacific temperate rain forest WWF ecoregion, and is remote enough to be home...
( ISBN 978-1-59485-091-2), a book containing her photographs, along with stories from people who live in the area. The book has been called "a great achievement in environmental photography and ecology."