Michael Gore is a former Army officer and diplomat who spent most of his working life overseas. Michael has photographed wildlife in all seven continents. Though specialising in birds, his wide-ranging portfolio covers all aspects of the natural world. Many of his images can be viewed on his website: www.wildlife-photography.net.
An amateur ornithologist, he is the author or co-author of the definitive works on the birds of Korea, Uruguay and The Gambia and during a tour of duty in Nairobi produced a best-selling guidebook On Safari in Kenya - a Pictorial Guide to the National Parks and Reserves, illustrated with his own photographs. This book has been reprinted three times with a new, completely up-to-date edition being published in 2009. Many of his images have been published in books and for posters and calendars worldwide.
Now retired he travels the world photographing wildlife. He has a home in the pine forest in the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus and goes there each year for the spring migration. He is Honorary Chairman of Birdlife, Cyprus. In recent years he has visited Antarctica (three times), the Arctic, USA, Canada, Central and South America, Africa, Japan, India and Nepal and Australia.
He pioneered digital printing in the Portfolio in 1998 and after 30 years taking transparencies he changed to digital in 2002. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and was elected President of the NPP Portfolio in 2001.
Japanese cranes displaying, Hokkaido, Japan
Contact details;
Michael Gore
5 St Mary's Close
Fetcham
Surrey
KT22 9HE
Tel: 01372 372248
Email: michaelgore@ntlworld.com
Web site: www.wildlife-photography.net