Arthur Morris is a free-lance nature photographer and writer specializing in birds. He is widely recognized as the world’s premier bird photographer and as one of the top nature photography educators of his time. In his books and on his web site and blog his record of sharing his photographic and avian knowledge is un-matched.
He taught elementary school in New York City for twenty-three years. For eight years he conducted the shorebird survey at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge for The International Shorebird Surveys, Manomet, MA. Seven of his images have been honored in various BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competitions. His “Gannet’s In Love” was awarded first place in the “Professional Birds” category of the 2009 National Wildlife Federation contest and first place in “Art in Nature” in the 2009 Nature’s Best contest.
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His first major photography book, “The Art of Bird Photography,” was released by Amphoto, NY in 1998 and quickly became the classic how-to work on bird photography. Virtually all of today’s top-flight bird photographers learned the basics from this work. After selling more than 32,000 copies, Amphoto let the book go out of print. BIRDS AS ART reprinted 5,000 copies and the soft-cover edition is available today through the BIRDS AS ART On-Line store. The all-new digital continuation, “The Art of Bird Photography II (916 pages on CD only), was released in 2008. It has sold more than 4,000 copies. The Digital Basics PDF has been the PhotoShop cookbook for thousands of photographers who have learned the BIRDS AS ART digital workflow from it in short order.
In April 1995, Mr. Morris became a Canon contract photographer, part of their “Explorers of Light” program; he continues in that role today. Four of his images are featured in the Canon “EF Lens Work II” book. He appeared in a Canon EOS 1N television commercial that aired worldwide, and was featured in six episodes of the “Canon Photo Safari” television program.
A gallery exhibit of his work hung at the prestigious Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown, NY in the summer of 1999. Sixty-four of his images were featured in an exhibit entitled “On a Wing and a Prayer; The Migratory Birds of North America.” The exhibit opened in April 2001 and because of budget cut is still in place at the National Zoo in Washington, DC today. An exhibit of 32 canvas prints hung at Bok Tower in Lake Wales, Florida in early 2010. All of these exhibits have been generously sponsored by Canon USA.
More than 20,000 of Artie’s images have been published in American Birds, Audubon, Birding, Birder’s World, Bird Watcher’s Digest, Duck’s Unlimited, Florida Wildlife and Nature, Living Bird, National Geographic, Natural History, Nature Photographer, Outdoor Photographer, PHOTOgraphic, Ranger Rick, Wildbird, and in countless other magazines, as well as in hundreds of books and calendars. More than 150 photo-illustrated feature articles by and about him have appeared in a wide variety of publications worldwide.
Artie is a founding member of NANPA, was a keynote speaker at the Charlotte Summit, is a NANPA fellow, and was honored with a NANPA Service Award in 2010 primarily for his work over many years with the NANPA High School and College scholarship programs.
He is a popular lecturer and presenter having conducted more than 200 slide and seminar programs during the past 20 years. Currently living in Indian Lake Estates, FL, Artie now photographs, travels, speaks, and teaches extensively across North America and around the world.
Website: http://www.birdsasart.com
Blog: http://www.birdsasart-blog.com
Honest Critiques Done Gently: www.BirdPhotographers.Net
Upcoming Tours
Bosque del Apache 2010 IPT: “The Complete Bosque Experience.” – November 20-26, 2010San Diego IPT – January 19-23, 2011
Southwest Florida IPT – February 9-14, 2011
2010 & 2011 Galapagos Photo Cruise of a Lifetime IPTs: “The Complete Galapagos Photographic Experience”
July 2011
Robert O’Toole Photography Homer Bald Eagle Instructional Photo-Tour with Arthur Morris / Birds as Art – March 18-22 & March 24-28, 2011
See photographer’s website for complete details.
