Laura williams photography biography examples
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The Loss of Laura Williams
Laura Williams, a long-time contributor to Russian Life (and author of the wonderful memoir, The Storks' Nest: Life and Love in the Russian Countryside), passed away suddenly on October 28, 2018. We are heartbroken at this loss of our friend and colleague.
Laura had lived in Russia since 1993, when she moved there to start up the first World Wildlife Federation office in Moscow. A few years later, she met and married the amazing nature photographer and environmental worker, Igor Shpilenok (their meeting and marriage is chronicled nicely in The Storks' Nest, and in this article), and they made a life together in Chukhrai village in Bryansk Oblast, near where Igor had established a nature preserve.
For many years, Laura and Igor worked tirelessly on environmental issues, and recently Igor traveled to every single Russian nature preserve in a specially outfitted vehicle; Laura and their two boys, Andrei and Makar, joined him for some of the trip.
Laura always had a love of horses. And several years ago she turned that love into a mission to use these wise beasts to teach people about the world and their place in it. With her herd of eight horses, her Herd of Joy, she held horse-inspired workshops an
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Biography Content
Laura’s reputation as a world-class wildlife photographer is undeniable. She’s earned multiple national and international photography awards, been published by National Geographic magazine, and exhibited in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. In 2015, she was published beside many of the world’s best wildlife and nature photographers in, Sublime Nature: Photographs that Awe and Inspire, produced by National Geographic Books. These examples are only a few of the impressive accolades she has acquired.
Before my life as a wildlife photographer, I worked for a newly established software company. The hours were long, the work was intense, and by the time the company was sold in 1999, I was thoroughly burned out. To recharge my depleted battery, I would walk with my dogs in the forests and prairies surrounding my home. A creative spark was ignited and I began carrying a camera as I walked. In 2001, my first published images appeared in National Wildlife magazine and by 2007, I had been published in National Geographic magazine. It felt like the pinnacle of success. The truth is, I never intended to become a professional wildlife photographer. I was simply doing what I love to do.
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