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Personal
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| Name: |
Chris Howes
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| Address |
PO Box 100
Abergavenny
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Abergavenny
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NP7 9WY
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| Phone |
01873 737707
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08717 505277
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| Email |
owg@wildplaces.co.uk
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| Website: |
www.caving.uk.com
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| Freelance photographer and author concentrating on outdoor sports, natural history and the environment throughout the world. Specialist in cave and mine photography, including the history of underground and flash photography. Zoology degree. Worldwide photo library of nature and travel pictures, available as hi-res scans. Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS).
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Proprietor: Wild Places Photography (picture library and commissioned work)
Proprietor: Wild Places Publishing (specialising in caving-related publications)
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Editor of Descent, the magazine of underground exploration
Publishing services: editing, indexing, proof-reading, layout and design
Photography and flash workshops
Digital photography
Commissioned photography and writing
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1993 Peter M Hauer Award Spelean History Award, National Speleological Society, USA
1997 Giles Barker Award for Excellence in Cave Photography
1997 Tratman Award for caving literature, British Cave Research Association
1998 OWG/Fuji Professional Award for Excellence in Photography
1998 Spelean Arts and Letters Awards, National Speleological Society, USA
Books:
To Photograph Darkness
Images Below
The Spice of Life
Radical Sports: Caving
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| Main areas of interest | |
caves and caving
adventure sports (climbing, skiing, surfing, canoeing etc)
natural history
conservation, environment, habitats
travel: wild places
photography
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