July 5, 2006

Announcement: Of Emus and Fairywrens

Well I promised to send out another update but it has taken much longer than I had hoped and for that I apologize. I have had tons of exciting things going on in the last few months. Memorial Day weekend I graduated from Bowdoin College after turning in my Everglades project the previous week. I printed 20 copies of my project and turned in several to campus and now am using the rest to try and find a publisher to do a large print run. I am afraid that until then, I won’t be able to distribute or sell any of these books.

Now that I have graduated from Bowdoin, I am preparing for a new chapter in my life. That chapter begins three weeks from today, July 26, when I board a plane to Sydney, Australia. From then until early August 2007, I will be traveling the Australian continent photographing endemic birds. Of Australia’s 700+ species, nearly 315 species are found nowhere else in the world. It is these endemics that will be my focus. In order to track down as many of these birds as I can, I will cover a lot of ground and a large portion of the continent. While my project will specifically focus on the endemic birds, I will be photographing the landscape and anything else that captures my attention.

This upcoming year is made possible by the Watson Foundation (www.watsonfellowship.org) who gives 50 fellowships to graduating college seniors around the country each year. If you are interested in more information, please visit their website.

For the next year I will be maintaining a website like I did with the Everglades. I will be keeping two different weblogs, one focused on birds and a more general one focused on my travels. I will also be sending out a monthly newsletter rather than the weekly one I did during the Everglades. If you are interested in following this project, please see my new site, Of Emus and Fairy Wrens at www.ofemusandfairywrens.com.

Print Sale

Since I will be away from my printer for the next year and as a thank you for everyone’s support with my Everglades project, I am going to be offering a 10% discount on prints for those who are subscribed to my newsletter. This discount is available for prints and matted prints only. Framed prints are not available at this time because of the lack of time before I leave the country. If you are interested in ordering a print, please browse through my site and send me an email. This sale ends July 15, 2006 and I will not take any orders after that.

A Thank You

Once again, thank you to all of you who have supported me in this project over the past few years. This project is not over, but simply put on hold while I am in Australia. I hope that you will follow me during my journey in the next year and I look forward to returning to this project in the fall of 2007.