Venus Stock Photographer: Tony Bynum

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Tony Bynum is an explorer and adventurer at heart. “Trails are for hikers, I’m an explorer,” sums up Tony’s approach to the world. He’s no stranger to travel and the rugged outdoors—it’s his life. He photographs a wide range of subjects but is most well know for his provocative and action-filled North American wildlife images. That might be hard to imagine after you see some of his more popular landscapes, outdoor adventure, and Western lifestyle photography. His passion is for the Rocky Mountains of Montana and Alberta, Canada, but Tony travels much farther to meet the demands and requests of his editorial and commercial clients.

Tony also creates commercial images for outdoor equipment manufacturers, and his work regularly appears in magazines you’ve likely seen including, Field and Stream, Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, The Food Channel Magazine, Delta Sky, The New Yorker, National Geographic for Kids, Popular Photography, Montana Magazine, Montana Outdoors, and many more. In 2010 one of his Glacier images was selected for the cover of Glacier National Park’s 100 year anniversary book, “The First 100 Years” by C.W. Guthrie. That book as since gone on to win numerous awards.

This year, you can see some of Tony’s most creative and expressive work on the cover and inside the 2012 Montana Travel Guide, produced by the Montana Office of Tourism.  Tony lives year around in East Glacier Park, MT with his 10 year old daughter. He’s recently started a self funded conservation photography project focused on energy and oil drilling along the Rocky Mountain Front and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana. Tony is also on the Board of Directors for the Professional Outdoor Media Association, the photo editor for two outdoor magazines, and writes a photography column for Western Hunter Magazine. He’s also dedicated to his community and is on the board of trustees for the East Glacier Park School, and a principal member of the Glacier Two-Medicine Alliance.

Photographer Tony Bynum