March 2008: Tom Vezo
Ever since I was a little kid I was an extremely visual person. I used to fight with my brother, who was 6 years older than me, for the front seat in the car so I could see out the windows and take in everything that was going on, and most of the time I would win. I’m attracted to color, texture and form, and the magnificent avian world conveys all of that for me. That’s the motivation behind my bird photography. I am also intrigued by their behavior and life cycles, and that’s why through my 25 years of bird photography I had enough material in my photographic files to compile my two newest books.
About Tom
Tom Vezo is a professional wildlife photographer and writer who travels worldwide to capture his images in the natural environment.
His work is widely published in the U.S. and Europe in many books, calendars, magazines and advertisements. His credits include: Audubon, Birder’s World, Bird Watcher’s Digest, Discovery, Ducks Unlimited, National Geographic, National Wildlife Federation, Nature Conservancy, Nature’s Best Photography, Natural History, Outdoor Photographer, Sierra Club, Travel and Leisure, Wildbird, Wildlife Conservation and many more.
Tom’s book, Wings of Spring, Courtship, Nesting and Fledging (published by Stackpole Books and written by Chuck Hagner, the editor of Birder’s World magazine), won a first place award for “Photographic Design & Artistic Merit” from the National Outdoor Book Awards. His second book, Birds of Prey in the American West (published by Rio Nuevo Publishers and written by Rich Glinski), also won an award in the “Art” category through The Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association; a category in which he was up against many prominent painters and other artists.
Other awards include the 1998 and 1999 Nature’s Best Photography magazine’s photo contest for “Wildlife” in the professional category, and the BBC Wildlife photographer of the year in 1997 as an honorable mention.
Six stock photography agents (four in the US, one England and one in Germany) represent Tom’s work. He is one of the top bird photographers in the United States but he also photographs breathtaking landscapes, mammals, and other natural subjects which all add to his library of over 400,000 images.
He has led many photography tours throughout the United States and Canada teaching people the techniques of nature photography in the field. For more information about Tom and his work, view his website at www.tomvezo.com.
