YOUTH NATURE PHOTO WORKSHOP JUNE 16
May 23, 2007
RALEIGH ―Greensboro native Gabby Salazar, one of the most accomplished young nature photographers of her generation, will be leading a youth nature photography workshop at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Prairie Ridge fieldstation on Saturday morning, June 16. The workshop is free, but registration is required. Call 919-733-7450 ext. 304 for more information or to register. Salazar also will be speaking at the Museum on Friday, June 15 at noon in the main auditorium. Salazar’s free presentation and slide show will highlight her extensive travels and experiences with photography.
Salazar, 20, has been practicing photography for eight years. She won “Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2004,” an annual international competition sponsored by BBC Wildlife Magazine and the most prestigious honor for a nature photographer. Other achievements include winner of the youth division of Nature’s Best International Photography Contest 2003, which included a special ceremony at The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and display of her photograph at the Smithsonian for four months. Salazar’s photography was published on the cover of Our State magazine in June 2001, and she and her photography were featured in the March 2003 issue of the national magazine Shutterbug, as well as in the June 2005 issue of Wildlife in North Carolina.
Salazar is now a student at Brown University in Providence, R.I., studying bio-chemistry and environmental issues. In addition to her studies, Salazar says she intends to continue her photography and to see where it will take her — both in her travels and in her professional career. Salazar is also the Editor for Nature’s Best for Kids, which comes out this August. This magazine is a “student edition” of the popular Nature’s Best magazine, an award-winning quarterly publication that offers a showcase presentation of nature recorded by the world’s leading photographers, naturalists and adventurers. Nature’s Best for Kids will be published annually each summer, and seeks to inspire young people to explore the wonders of nature through stories written and photographed for kids by kids.
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones St., Raleigh, documents and interprets natural history of the state of North Carolina through exhibits, research, collections, publications and educational programming. Hours: Mon-Sat., 9am – 5pm and Sun., Noon – 5pm. Admission is free. Find more information on the web at www.naturalsciences.org. The Museum is an agency of the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, William G. Ross, Secretary.
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