Steve Winter has been a National Geographic photographer for almost two decades and more recently, has been the Director of Media at Panthera, a non-profit organization focused on wildcat conservation. Growing up in Indiana farm country, Steve dreamt of becoming a photographer after receiving a camera for his seventh birthday. Over the next few years, Steve’s father taught him the basics of photography and cultivated his artistic interest in the field. After graduating from the Academy of Art University of San Francisco, Steve’s childhood dream became a reality when he began his career as a photojournalist for Black Star Photo Agency. Since then, he has gone on to produce stories for GEO, National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Natural History, Audubon, Business Week, Scientific American, and Stern, among other publications. He has also worked for non-profits and commercial clients including the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Merck Pharmaceuticals, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, and many others.
Winter became a National Geographic Society Photographer in 1991, covering a multitude of subjects for the magazine, including Cuba, Russia’s giant Kamchatka bears, tigers in Myanmar’s Hukaung Valley, life along Myanmar’s Irrawaddy River, jaguars in Latin America, and snow leopards in Ladakh, India. He recently traveled through India, Sumatra, and Thailand to document the dwindling population of Asian tigers. Winter’s powerful and moving images of these beautiful animals appeared in the December 2011 issue of National Geographic.
In 2008 Steve was crowned BBC’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his photograph of a snow leopard taken in Ladakh, India. Most recently, he won the 68th Picture Of The Year International’s Global Vision Award for his story on Kaziranga National Park, where he was charged by rhinos way more times than he ever cared to experience.
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Steve Winter
Steve Winter has been a National Geographic photographer for almost two decades and more recently, has been the Director of Media at Panthera, a non-profit organization focused on wildcat conservation. Growing up in Indiana farm country, Steve dreamt of becoming a photographer after receiving a camera for his seventh birthday. Over the next few years, Steve’s father taught him the basics of photography and cultivated his artistic interest in the field. After graduating from the Academy of Art University of San Francisco, Steve’s childhood dream became a reality when he began his career as a photojournalist for Black Star Photo Agency. Since then, he has gone on to produce stories for GEO, National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Natural History, Audubon, Business Week, Scientific American, and Stern, among other publications. He has also worked for non-profits and commercial clients including the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Merck Pharmaceuticals, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, and many others.
Winter became a National Geographic Society Photographer in 1991, covering a multitude of subjects for the magazine, including Cuba, Russia’s giant Kamchatka bears, tigers in Myanmar’s Hukaung Valley, life along Myanmar’s Irrawaddy River, jaguars in Latin America, and snow leopards in Ladakh, India. He recently traveled through India, Sumatra, and Thailand to document the dwindling population of Asian tigers. Winter’s powerful and moving images of these beautiful animals appeared in the December 2011 issue of National Geographic.
In 2008 Steve was crowned BBC’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his photograph of a snow leopard taken in Ladakh, India. Most recently, he won the 68th Picture Of The Year International’s Global Vision Award for his story on Kaziranga National Park, where he was charged by rhinos way more times than he ever cared to experience.