"Sitting stormbound in a tent on Denali (Mount McKinley), I made a momentous decision; I decided I would give up my first career, teaching, and spend the rest of my days photographing those things that excited me most. Thirty years, thousands of photographs and many travels later, I'm convinced I made the right choice. It is still what I want to do with the rest of my life.

I also decided I would not take assignments or solicit advertising clients, but rather would photograph what interested me, print it to the best of my ability, and offer it for sale in the form of high-quality photographic prints. I still feel a photograph from the original negative or file printed by the photographer is the highest expression of photographic art.

I would like to point out that all of my wildlife subjects are totally wild, free, and unrestrained in any way. There are no zoos, game parks, aquariums or captive animal photographs in my collection. Also there are no computer-combined photographs.

Five percent of all web site and Gallery sales are donated to conservation. At my choosing, funds are divided among The Nature Conservancy, The North Cascades Conservation Council, The Skagit Land Trust and the Washington National Park Fund.

I hope you enjoy my work and that my photographs remind us all to treat the earth, our only home, a little more gently."

-From the Photographer, Lee Mann

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