Foundation
Program Announcement
Exploring the Photographer/Writer Relationship
(Panel Discussion)
Photographer, Pat O'Hara
Writer-Poet, Tim McNulty
Moderator, Mark Lukes
Date and Time: Friday, February 5, 1999, 7:30-9:00p.m.
Open to the Public
Separate registration required, $20 includes admission to the Exhibit
Hall on Saturday, February, 6, 1999
Content: Internationally recognized photographer, Pat O'Hara, and
environmental writer-poet, Tim McNulty, have had a longstanding
association as collaborating authors with eight books. Their successful
professional endeavors have been based upon concept development,
research, positive interaction with publishers, mutual respect,
reputation, and HARD WORK. This moderated session will explore the
specific areas mentioned above. Time will also be dedicated to
questions and answers with the audience. The program will conclude with
a 20 minute multi-image lapse dissolve program set to music entitled
Wilderness Scenario.
Pat O'Hara's Bio -- Pat O'Hara has been an environmental photographer
and a leader in his profession for nearly two decades. His contemporary
travel schedule takes him to national and international locations, often
to photograph remote parks and wilderness areas.
His color photography has been showcased in sixteen books, many on
important conservation issues. He has been published extensively in
magazines, calendars, greeting cards, posters, advertisements, and
electronic mediums. Pat has received numerous awards such as the
Photography Gold Medal presented by the New York Art Directors Club, and
the Award of Excellence by Communication Arts Magazine. Fluent in
digital imaging, Pat has used this technology in his creative endeavors,
particularly with fine art printing. Public speaking, workshops and
seminars relating to photography as an art form are among his diverse
professional activities. Several book concepts featuring Pat's
photography are currently under development pertaining to natural
history themes. A new fine art portfolio is forthcoming, to be
complemented by exhibitions of his fine art prints.
Based in Port Angeles, Washington, his studio is located in the forested
foothills near Olympic National Park.
Tim McNulty's Bio -- Tim McNulty is a poet, conservationist, and nature
writer. His poems and essays have appeared in numerous publications in
the U.S. and Canada, and his natural history writings have been
translated into German and Japanese. He has lectured, given poetry
readings, and taught writing workshops throughout the western United
States.
Tim is the author of Olympic National Park, A Natural History Guide,
published by Houghton Mifflin Company, which won a 1997 Washington
Governor's Writers Award. He is coauthor, with photographer Pat O'Hara,
of Washington's Wild Rivers: The Unfinished Work, published by The
Mountaineers Books, and an award-winning series of books on national
parks including Grand Canyon, Window on the River of Time, and Grand
Teton National Park, Where Lightning Walks, published by Woodlands
Press. Their most recent collaboration, Washington's Mount Rainier
National Park, A Centennial Celebration, was published by Mountaineers
Books. Tim also coauthored The Art of Nature, Reflections on the Grand
Design, with photographer Bruce Heinemann, and has contributed to
several books on natural history and conservation. His essays and
articles have appeared in American Forests, Defenders, High Country
News, Pacific, Sierra, Slate, the Seattle Times, and other publications.
Tim's books of poetry include In Blue Mountain Dusk (Broken Moon Press),
Pawtracks (Copper Canyon Press), and Reflected Light (Tangram Press).
He lives with his wife and daughter in the foothills of Washington's
Olympic Mountains.
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