D. Robert & Lorri Franz have been full time professional wildlife photographers for over twenty years. With formal training in wildlife management and geology Robert has extensive knowledge of the natural world. Their photography has been extensively published worldwide with images featured in, Audubon Magazine, National Wildlife, Sierra Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, Defenders Magazine, National Geographic, Das Tier Magazine, Sports Afield, Field and Stream, and many more. Robert & Lorri’s photographic prints have hung in the Smithsonian. They are also accomplished assignment photographers. Clients have included Adolph Coors, Wildlife Conservation Society, Field & Stream Magazine, The Trust for Public Lands, Via Magazine, and many others. Their photography is represented by a number of the worlds leading stock photo agencies.
Robert and Lorri have won many awards for their photography over the years. In 1989 Robert won the Colorado Outdoors Magazine Nature Photography Contest. In 1993 he won the Wyoming Wildlife Magazines Nature Photography Contest. Also in 1993 Robert & Lorri won an award for a published calendar image from the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. In 2001 and 2004 Robert had winning images the prestigious “Nature’s Best” photography contest. In 2003 Robert won Image of the Year for Nature Photographers.net. In 2006 and again in 2008 Robert finished 2nd in the Pro Tour of Nature Photography contest held in Texas. This is the world’s richest photo contest and nature photography’s equivalent to Golf’s PGA Tour. He will compete again in 2010. You can see the winning portfolios at www.imagesforconservation.org. In 2007 Digital Photography Magazine proclaimed Robert as one the worlds best wildlife photographers.
Robert & Lorri began leading photo tours is 1989 with Wildlife Images and now run their high energy photo tours through ‘Franzfoto Instructional Tours. Robert & Lorri live in the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and specialize in exploration of that unique area.
