| Ron
Lowery, pilot, photographer and co-author
Ron Lowery is a gravity-defying, professional photographer
and pilot who has produced award-winning photographs marketed
around the world. Using a twin engine plane that he built
and flew 14,000 miles to photograph the Lewis and Clark
trail, he, and co-author Mary Walker, have co-authored a
book about this adventure, Chasing Lewis & Clark
Across America: A 21st Century Aviation Adventure.
Not just a story of an amazing visual experience but also
a tale of a challenging flying adventure, Chasing Lewis
& Clark shows how two-modern day pilots flew above
the same great rivers, plains and mountains to capture incredible
pictures from the air and to celebrate the 200th Anniversary
of the Corps of Discovery’s journey.
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.
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.
His home base is Chattanooga, TN. You can see more of his
computer images on www.ronlowery.com
and photographs from this trip on www.chasinglewisandclark.com/photos/index.htm
PHOTO
OF RON LOWERY AND MARY WALKER
Mary
Walker, co-author and pilot
Mary 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 southeastern 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.
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