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2002: Natalie Fobes

01 June 2012
Published in Person of the Year

After 10 years, we catch up with our past Photography Person of the Year award-winner, Natalie Fobes, to see how his career has progressed.

Natalie Fobes continues to shoot lifestyle and wildlife stock photography for Corbis, the National Geographic Image Collection, Science Faction and Getty. Her most recent trip was to photograph snowy owls in Canada. Fobes has photographed more than 100 weddings and portraits in the last few years, using a photojournalistic approach to...

Fobes Featured in Huffington Post, Lynda.com

21 June 2011
Published in People in the Industry

The last several months have been a busy time for acclaimed Seattle portrait and wedding photographer Natalie Fobes.

In April, Fobes was profiled in the Huffington Post. The article illustrates the highlights of Fobes' career, including...

Natalie Fobes Featured in Lynda.com Documentary Series

14 October 2010
Published in People in the Industry

Award-winning portrait, nature and wedding photographer Natalie Fobes, whose work has been featured in such magazines as National Geographic and the Smithsonian, has been chosen as the latest subject of the "Creative Inspiration" documentary series for the online education company Lynda.com.

The hour-long film features the Seattle-based photographer's work and is divided into 14 segments chronicling different aspects of her career and life.

Natalie Fobes to Speak at WPPI

13 October 2009
Published in People in the Industry

Seattle photographer Natalie Fobes, known for her work in National Geographic, Audubon and Smithsonian, is scheduled to give her third presentation at a Wedding & Portrait Photographers International conference, this one in Las Vegas in March 2010.

Fobes' lecture, titled "Putting Landscape into Portraiture," will elucidate how to best use light...

Natalie Fobes' Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Photos Presented as Evidence in Supreme Court Case

12 March 2008
Published in People in the Industry

Images captured by Seattle-based photographer Natalie Fobes from the Exxon Valdez oil spill were included as exhibits for plaintiff arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court. Fobes had also been a witness for plaintiffs in the original 1994 trial against Exxon in Anchorage.

Fobes was one of the initial photographers to reach the spill in 1989. Her work was published in National Geographic magazine in August 1989 and January 1990, and has since been published in major publications worldwide.

Natalie Fobes First Repeat Finalist for Alicia Patterson Fellowship

18 June 2006
Published in People in the Industry

Natalie Fobes, a photographer based in West Seattle, was named a finalist for the Alicia Patterson Fellowship, making her the first former recipient to be nominated again. Twenty years ago, Fobes received a fellowship for her salmon project.

Her current project examines how China's one-child policy affects people in China and the United States by following a family through the process of adoption.

Natalie Fobes Receives Honors from PPW and WPPI

11 June 2005
Published in People in the Industry

For the second year in a row, Natalie Fobes has received a Judges Choice award from the Professional Photographers of Washington. Other recent honors include two Accolade of Excellence Awards and two Exhibition Prints from Wedding and Portrait Professionals International.

In addition, the Seattle-based Fobes recently joined 50 other photographers from around the world to capture 'A Day in the Life of the American Woman.' EpiCom Media will publish the images in a book scheduled for release this fall.

Natalie Fobes: Shooting from the Heart

03 June 2003
Published in Person of the Year

The photographs of Natalie Fobes help to illustrate the forgotten stories of the world’s indigenous peoples.

Want to give back to the profession? How about creating a funding mechanism so that photographers can do valuable documentary work. Thinking about humanitarian goals? Perhaps you should self-fund a trip to show the ravages of a massive oil spill, or a native people's disappearing way of life. Did you recently resolve to do more good with your life? Take a lesson from Seattle photographer Natalie Fobes.

Photographing endangered environments and cultures, crafting multimedia educational projects and supporting other photographers in such efforts have earned Fobes the...

Natalie Fobes Receives 2003 NANPA Fellow Award

10 October 2002
Published in Special Honors

Natalie Fobes has received the 2003 Fellow Award given by the North American Nature Photography Association. The Pulitzer Prize finalist and co-founder of Blue Earth Alliance is known for her work documenting how humans use and, in some cases, abuse the environment.

Blue Earth Alliance recently honored Fobes as the first recipient of its new Natalie Award, which was inspired by her...

Natalie Fobes Selected as an Outdoor Photographer 'Master of Wildlife'

13 March 2001
Published in People in the Industry

Natalie Fobes was selected as one of Outdoor Photographer’s “Masters of Wildlife” and featured in a September 2001 article.

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