A Short
History of Lee Mann
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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.
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Seeking to offer a more affordable
alternative to limited-edition prints, in 1994 I began producing some of my
work as reproductions. Today, our distributor in North
America and Europe markets 110 posters and 200 note
cards.
I would like to point out that all of my
wildlife subjects are totally wild, free, and
unrestrained in any way. There are no zoo, game park,
aquarium 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.
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