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Profile
THE FILE 10,000 35mm and 4x5 transparencies, digital capture.
NATURAL HISTORY Scenics and landscapes. Environmental portraits. Geology, geologic processes, landforms, rock formations. Ecology, ecosystems, environment, human/environmental impact. Large and small mammals, birds. Minihabitats and vignettes. Macrophotography. Wildflowers. Abstracts and patterns in nature, atmosphere, clouds. Dramatic lighting. Sky, sunsets, weather.
GENERAL STOCK Agriculture, children, cultural, environmental education, ghost towns, hot-air ballooning, landscapes, mining, natural history, people in occupations, scenics, tourism, western life (including ranching), visual anthropology and tourism in the West.
ENVIRONMENTAL Ecological threats, such as habitat loss, logging, mining, pollution. Environmental issues, including grazing, land development, recreational use. Special emphasis on and access to Greater Yellowstone.
THE AMERICAN WEST Scenics and landscapes of the American West. Western National Parks. People and cultures.
SPECIALTIES The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, scenics and landscapes, environmental issues, including man-induced threats, Yellowstone National Park (all aspects), culture and tourism, fires, landscapes, vegetation, wildlife. Geology.
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS American West and Southwest. Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming. National Parks and Monuments, including Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Death Valley, Yellowstone, Zion. Oaxaca, Mexico.
CREDITS Magazines/Newspapers: American Park Network, Amoco Traveler, Chicago Tribune, Defenders, Montana, MS, National Parks & Conservation, National Park Service, Nature Conservancy, Outdoor Photographer. Books: Companion Press, Image Bank, Johnson Books, McGraw-Hill, Michelin Travel Guide, Off the Beaten Path, Random House, Sequoia, Sierra, University of Arizona Press, Yellowstone Association. Advertising/Corporate: International Photographic Collections, Smithsonian, The Territory Ahead. Other: Montana State University.
RELATED CREDENTIALS/SKILLS Leader/teacher of nature and digital photography workshops, as well as natural and cultural history programs, with special expertise on Yellowstone and the SW. Clients include The Yellowstone Association, Smithsonian Journeys, National Geographic Expeditions. Substantial knowledge of natural history, western cultural and environmental issues. Experience in art, book, film and audiovisual production, design, graphic arts, writing. Numerous gallery exhibitions.
COMMENTS Photography from a naturalist's viewpoint. Creative interpretation of the natural world, emphasizing light, color, form. Visual anthropology. Alternative and historical processes (digital collages, Polaroid dye transfers and emulsion lifts, gum bichromates, platinum/palladium).
NONEDITORIAL SERVICES Available to teach workshops on all aspects of the photographic process, digital as well as traditional. Lectures and visual programs on Yellowstone NP and additional natural history subjects. Location assistance in Yellowstone NP.
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Sandra Nykerk
PO Box 87 Gardiner MT 59030 Courier Address: 208 Fifth St. West Gardiner MT 59030 Phone: 406 848-7749 Fax: 406 848-7749 (call before faxing) Email: snykerk@mcn.net Website: www.sandranykerk.com
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