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Will
holds a PhD in geography from the University of Waterloo, Faculty
of Environmental Studies of Ontario, Canada, and an MA in anthropology
from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He has studied
nature photography with Jim Blair, Gary Braasch, André Gallant,
David Middleton, Freeman Patterson, and Brenda Tharp. |
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Photo
of Will at Bylot Island in Territory of Nunavut, Canada.
73 degrees North Latitude;
75 degrees West Longitude
June 2003
Photo
by: Lee Narraway
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on image for printable photo in pdf format.
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Will
is a Registered Maine Guide, with licenses in general recreation
(hiking, skiing, canoeing) and in sea kayaking. He served with the
US Marine Corps in Asia and with the US Peace Corps in the Indian
Ocean.
Artist-member
of the Newburyport Art Association.
| AWARDS/HONORS |
| Maine
Arts Commission. Awarded "Great Ideas Grant" towards
overhead associated with writing the book
The Far Northeast. 2004 |
Mellon
Environmental Fellow in Residence
Bates College. Lewiston, Maine. 2002
Field course in US and Canada, combining
study of the environment and visual arts. Perceptions
of Place and Time - High Latitude Bioregions |
| Newburyport
Art Association, Winter Juried Show, 2001. Award for "General
Excellence" - documentary photography |
| Maine
Coast Artists, selected for inclusion in historical retrospective
of Maine photographers 1840-2000 |
| Newburyport
Art Association, 3rd Annual Juried Photography Show. Newburyport,
Massachusetts, Best of Show 1999. |
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Georgetown Percent for Art Grantee, 1998. |
| Ernst
Haas Awards competition. Nationally juried to be among the "Top
One Hundred Photographers" with "Environment and Landscape"
entry, 1997. |
| BOOKS
AND MONOGRAPHS |
Official
Statement
State of Maine, Office of State Treasurer
Prospectus for Bond market
June 2001 |
Tourism
and Maine's Future
Maine Center for Economic Policy
1998 - Co-writer |
Travel
by Small Boat in North Atlantic Canada
1998 - Writer and photographer. |
Maine:
Fifty Years of Change, 1940-1990
University of Maine Press - Co-editor |
| INTERNET |
International
Appalachian Trail on www.Gorp.com
1999 - Photographer |
| INTERPRETIVE
PANEL |
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Parks Canada, Forillon National Park - Québec 1999 -
Photographer |
| Newspapers
Portland Press Herald. "Supply and Demand: State Could Use a
Parks Commission". Maine Voices. November 13, 1999 - Writer |
| Portland
Press Herald. "Transportation Choices: Maine Heads Down a Crowded
Road". Maine Voices. September 4, 1999 Writer |
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Bangor Daily News. "Mainer Revels in Trail Extension". June
7, 1999. Photographer |
| SLIDE
PROGRAMS |
| Smithsonian
Expedition to the Gulf of St. Lawrence - Mingan Islands and
Lower North Shore - 2001 |
| Ellesmere
Island National Park Reserve: Canada at the Top of the World
- 2001 |
| The
Way it Was: Patagonia, Falklands, South Georgia, Antarctic Peninsula
- 2001 |
| Maine
to Nain and Beyond: A Coastal Exploration. 2000 |
| Developing
the International Appalachian Trail: One Trail, Two Countries
- 1999 |
| Hidden
Landscapes: The Seasons - Maine and Atlantic Canada - 1998 |
| NEWSPAPERS/EDITORIALS |
| "Supply
and Demand: State Could Use a Parks Commission." Portland
Press Herald. (Maine Voices column). November 13, 1999 -
Writer |
"Transportation
Choices: Maine Heads Down a Crowded Road."
Portland Press Herald. (Maine Voices column), September 4, 1999
- Writer |
| "Mainer
Revels in Trail Extension." Bangor Daily News. June 7, 1999
- Photographer |
| PERIODICALS
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| "Appalachian
Trail Stretches into Canada" Northern Woodlands. Spring
2000, Photographer |
| "An
East Coast Walkabout" Appalachian Trailway News. November/December
1998. Photographer. Sports Afield. 1998, Stock photo |
| "Then
I Walked Out on the Bottom of the Sea". Atlantic Coastal
Kayaker. October 1998. Writer and photographer. Habitat: Journal
of the Maine Audubon Society. 1998 Stock photo |
| "The
International Appalachian Trail: Spanning a Two-Nation Bioregion."
International Journal of Wilderness. March 1997 Writer and
photographer |
| MEMBERSHIPS |
Association
of American Geographers
International Appalachian Trail
Maine Professional Guides Association
NESTVAL (New England / St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society)
North American Nature Photography Association
Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association
NAA (Newburyport Art
Association) |
| HOME |
| With
his wife Lindsay, Will makes his home on an island in midcoast
Maine, where their company Will Richard Photography and
Outdoor Ventures North are located. |
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"The
forces of nature are something to be felt"
--Rick Fields et al in "Chop Wood, Carry Water"
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