C. C. Lockwood is a nature

Nature photography

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 and wildlife photographer

Wildlife photography

Wildlife photography is the act of taking photographs of wildlife.Wildlife photography is regarded as one of the more challenging forms of photography. As well as needing sound technical skills, such as being able to expose correctly, wildlife photographers generally need good field craft skills...

 specializing in Louisiana

Louisiana

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 and the Gulf Region

Gulf of Mexico

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, including the Yucatan peninsula

Yucatán Peninsula

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. He has received the Sierra Club

Sierra Club

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’s Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography. He is also the co-founder of several environmental organizations, including the Baton Rouge Audubon Society, The Clean Team and Marsh Mission.

CC Lockwood's Bio

He is currently working on a book entitled Atchafalaya Basin Revisited and covering Hurricane

Hurricane Katrina

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 damage to the Louisiana coast. His photographs are held in many personal, museum and corporate collections. Most recently, he was honored as a "Louisiana Legend" by Louisiana Public Broadcasting

Louisiana Public Broadcasting

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, "Conservation Communicator of the Year" by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation, and a Distinguished Alumni by LSU.

Books

• Atchafalaya, America’s Largest River Basin Swamp, 137 color photographs and text, 1981
• The Gulf Coast: Where Land Meets Sea, 160 color photographs and text, LSU Press, 1984
• Discovering Louisiana, 155 color photographs and text, LSU Press, 1986
• The Yucatán Peninsula, 142 color photographs and text, LSU Press, 1989
• C.C. Lockwood’s Louisiana Nature Guide, 246 color photographs and text, LSU Press, 1995
• Beneath the Rim: A Photographic Journey Through the Grand Canyon, 137 color photographs and text, LSU Press, 1996
• Around the Bend, A Mississippi River Adventure, 158 color photographs and text, LSU Press, 1998
• Still Waters, Images, 1971-1999, 100 color photographs and text, LSU Press, 2000
• The Alligator Book, 144 color photographs and text, LSU Press, 2002
• Mike the Tiger, the Roar of LSU, color photographs by Lockwood and text by Bivet and Baker, LSU Press, 2003
• Marshmission, Capturing the Vanishing Wetlands, 100 color illustrations and text by Lockwood and Rhea Gary, LSU Press, 2005
• Atchafalaya Houseboat, photographs by Lockwood, text by Gwen Roland, LSU Press, 2006

Publications

• National Geographic – September 1979, “Atchafalaya”
• National Geographic – June 1980, “Neshoba County Fair”
• National Geographic – August 1983, “Mississippi Delta
  Mississippi Delta
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• Smithsonian
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   – April 1998, “The Yucatán’s Flooded Basement”

Films

• Atchafalaya, America’s Largest River Basin Swamp, filmed, written and directed by Lockwood, 1977

Other awards

• Atchafalaya – Louisiana Literary Award for Book of the Year, 1981
• The Gulf Coast – American Library Association Notable Book, 1984
• Baton Rouge Young Man of the Year, 1981

External links

• C. C. Lockwood official website