About Ron Lowery & Mary Walker

Ron Lowery

Ron Lowery is a gravity-defying, professional photographer and pilot who has produced award-winning photographs and illustrations marketed around the world. Using this twin engine plane that he and his older son Alan built, Ron flew 14,000 miles to photograph the Lewis and Clark trail.

For the past 15 years, Ron has traveled extensively with his plane, virtually living in the sky to capture the exact moment and the lighting he desires for each photograph.

Ryan hands off the camera to Ron as he prepares to take off in Cloud Chaser.

The photographic images from Ron Lowery’s creative mind have been used by Kodak, IBM, CBS, Smith Kline Beecham, Telecom Italia and other corporations worldwide. His story of retracing Lewis and Clark has been the subject of several newspaper articles including the Business & Aviation Journals, Bismarck Tribune, Seattle Post Intelligencer, and St. Louis Post Dispatch. He was profiled in the book Right Brain, Left Brain Photography: The Art and Technique of 70 Modern Masters by Kathryn Marx.

You can see more of his aerials and conceptual images on www.ronlowery.com.

His home base is Chattanooga, TN.

Mary Walker is an accomplished pilot and writer who has widely explored her interests in cultural history, ecology and earth sciences. She has worked as a chemist in environmental and scientific research, and in natural resource conservation. Her passionate concerns about protecting the enviroment led to her founding a regional magazine, EnviroLink®.

A member of the Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy of Tennessee, she also chaired the Mayor’s Advisory Council for Environment in Des Moines, Iowa and chaired the Chattanooga Task Force of the Tennessee Toxics Program.

Mary has studied the history of the Lewis and Clark Expedition for three years, traveled the entire route previously by road and small plane, and created a website for schoolchildren on the subject. During her Lewis and Clark travels, her compassion for the native Americans and others we met along the trail made the crew of Chasing Lewis and Clark Across America many lasting friends. She is also a highly experienced instrument-rated, multi-engine private pilot who lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Crew Members

Ryan, Mary, Sue, Ron and Jack stop for a photo in Bozeman, Montana

Ryan was a recently graduated senior in high school getting a hands-on history lesson. Sue is a graphic and web designer. She kept the website up-to-date on our trip. Jack was our answer to Lewis's dog Seaman.

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