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Featured Photographer
Roberta Olenick
Wildlife On The Prairie

Roberta Olenick was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she developed her strong affinity for the "prairie" and its flora and fauna. Some twenty years ago Roberta graduated from the University of British Columbia with an M.Sc. in animal ecology. Subsequently, she worked as a park interpreter, a natural history writer, a researcher, and an environmental activist with the Sierra Legal Defence Fund and Earth Island Institute.

In 1990, Roberta rather serendipitously discovered the "camera" as an ideal tool for indulging her life-long curiosity and expressing her profound reverence for animals, as well as for the open, wild landscapes. This is clearly recognized in her sensitively and carefully crafted images. She has travelled extensively to photograph wildlife in a variety of far-flung locations, including Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and most recently, the great plains of southern Canada and northern United States.

Roberta has devoted a significant amount of her time in the last two years photographing the animals and the landscape of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Montana, and North and South Dakota. Many of her photographs evoke visions of a raw, untouched wilderness before the intrusion of civilization. A skilled wildlife photographer must earn the trust of the subjects they photograph and at the same time have a keen sense of the "critical moment" of exposure to best illustrate the subject. Looking at the portfolio presented here, as with all of her photographic images, confirms that Roberta Olenick has what it takes to do just that! We hope you agree.


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