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Award winning photographer, Paul Bannick specializes in the natural history of North
America, with a special focus on his beloved Pacific Northwest. Paul has coupled
his love of the outdoors with his skill as a photographer to create images intended
to foster intimacy between the viewer and subject in order to inspire education
and conservation.
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 An experienced naturalist and outdoor educator, Paul creates most
of his images while kayaking, hiking or snowshoeing in the Pacific Northwest. After
graduation from the University of Washington, Paul worked successfully for 15 years
in the computer software industry beginning as one of the original 75 employees
of the Aldus Corporation, and then for Adobe Systems, and Microsoft. Paul, wishing
to combine his passion for wilderness conservation with his career, focused his
attention to non-profit work and currently serves as the Director of Development
for Conservation Northwest (www.conservationnw.org).
His work has appeared in
Audubon magazine, Sunset magazine, Pacific Northwest magazine, the
National Wildlife Federation Guide to North American Birds,
Smithsonian Guide to North American Birds and in many other books,
magazines, parks, refuges and other places in North America and
Europe.
Paul works full-time as a director for Conservation Northwest, a
conservation organization dedicated to protecting and connecting wild
areas from the Pacific Coast to the Canadian Rockies.
Paul and his photography are the feature story of
July 2006 Pacific Northwest Sunday Magazine, written by Pulitzer Prize winner
William Dietrich.
Paul has been featured in the
November 2006 Sunset Magazine, the Spring 2008 PhotoMedia Magazine, and was interviewed on
KUOW (Seattle Public Radio station).
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Paul is a significant photo contributor to the BirdNote program
(www.birdnote.org), Conservation Northwest, Seattle Audubon and the
North Cascades Institute.
Look for Paul's first book The Owl and the Woodpecker to be published by The Mountaineers Books in October of 2008. The book will feature Paul's photographs and narrative as well as a foreword by Tony Angell and audio by Martyn Stewart.
The Owl and the Woodpecker samples and more information.
Available directly from Paul for $24.95 plus shipping or from Amazon.com or Seattle Audubon and other standard outlets.
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