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Another Day in a Big Land

On November 25, 2008 By

Spent another evening in some big country looking for shooting locations and grabbing a few shots along the way. The morning began very breezy with a north wind blowing uncomfortably strong until late evening. No living creature that I am aware of enjoys stout wind so I saw little activity until the wind [...]

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Back in the summer a fellow gave my youngest son a pair of 4 month old wolves. I suggested that Pate not take them with the reasoning that the wolf way has evolved after some 1 million years of refinement. In other words, he will not be able to realize his plan of turning [...]

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Two book signings were hosted today for our first body of work, “Inspiration Texas Style”, from our publishing company, Badlands Blue Star Productions. Texas Star, an Abilene bookstore owned by Glenn Dromgoole and the Old Post Office Museum in Graham offered wonderful venues for the signings in both cities. Had Texas Tech not taken such [...]

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The new book, “Inspiration Texas Style”, is now out for purchase. It features a fantastic introduction by icon Texas author John Graves as he describes his sentiments on our Texas. The body of work includes my own images paired with quotes from Texans as they describe what the state means to [...]

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After attaining my private pilots license in 1977, I flew a variety of planes for the next 12 years. During this time frame, I used a fixed wing aircraft for a variety of purposes, including aerial photography, working cattle for local ranchers, and basically terrorizing my friends who were so [...]

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About Wyman Meinzer

Wyman Meinzer

Wyman Meinzer is the only official State Photographer of Texas. He was raised on League Ranch, a 27,000-acre ranch in the rolling plains of Texas. Since then, he has traveled across the state many times to capture the first and last rays of sunlight as they kiss the Texas landscapes.

He started his career as a professional predator hunter. He transitioned into a research associate for the university and now teaches a senior-level course in Special Problems Photography at Texas Tech University in addition to his ongoing book projects and freelance magazine assignments.

Professional Credentials

Meinzer has a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Management and was voted Outstanding Alumnus in 1987 by the department of Range and Wildlife Management at Texas Tech University. He also received the Distinguished Alumnus award in 1995 from the School of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. In 2009 he received the Distinguished Alumnus award from Texas Tech University in recognition of outstanding achievement and dedicated service.

After 28 years as a professional photographer, he has about 20 photography books to his credit and more than 250 magazine cover credits. His images have appeared in Smithsonion, National Geographic Books, Natural History, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, Audubon, Sports Afield, Field and Stream, Outdoor life, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas Highways, Korea GEO, German GEO, Das Tier, Airone, Horzu, BBC Wildlife, and many others.

His awards include: State Photographer of Texas, the John Ben Sheppard Jr. Award from the Texas State Historical Foundation for contributing to the preservation of Texas History through writing and photography, 1997 National Literary Award for the book, "Texas Lost: Vanishing Heritage" (with Andrew Sansom) and the San Antonio Conservation Award for the natural history book, "Roadrunner."

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