ABOUT MICHAEL MELFORD
Mission Statement:
My mission is to share the wonders of the natural world with others, and to help them the see the beauty that surrounds us. My hope is that we might preserve it for future generations.
Biography:
- Born New York 1950
- Syracuse University, BS Photography 1973
- Moved to NYC 1977
- Contribution Photographer Life Magazine 1981
- Contribution Photographer National Geographic Traveler Magazine 1998
- Cover Article Photographs and other 1998-2010:
- National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, Newsweek, Time, Life, Fortune, Smithsonian, Geo, Travel & Leisure, Travel Holiday, Coastal Living
Since 2003, completed 18 stories for National Geographic Magazine:
- Saving Civil War Battlefields April 2005
- Acadia National Park November 2005
- Glen Canyon Revealed April 2006
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park August 2006
- Our National Parks in Peril October 2006
- Glacier National Park: Crown of the Continent September 2007
- Death Valley National Park November 2007
- King Herod: Architect of the Holy Land December 2008
- Russian Kronotsky Preserve: Let it Be. January 2008
- Plugging into the Sun-Solar Energy September 2009
- Forever Wild- Adirondak Park New York September 2011
- Alaska's Choice Salmon or Gold December 2010
- Boundless-Wild and Scenic Rivers November 2011
- Where the Weird things are- Socotra, Yemen June 2012
- History's Backyard-Brandywine Valley April 2013
- Where greenston grows- New Zealand March 2014
- 50 years of Wilderness September 2014
- Awards Include:
- World Press Images
- International Center of Photography
- New Your Art Director’s Club
- Communication Arts Photo Annual
- Graphis Photo Annual
- Missouri School of Journalism Pictures of the Year
- Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Photography
- Caribbean Tourism award for Best Magazine photographer