Website Photography

John Winnie Jr. is an ecologist, photographer, and writer, and these three facets of his career inform and influence each other. John’s academic and field research are centered around understanding ecosystem dynamics across multiple trophic levels - including humans that are part of ecosystems - and devising conservation and management strategies that will allow natural systems to persist and function indefinitely. In recent years, John has done conservation research in the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan, studying Marco Polo argali for the Wildlife Conservation Society and USAID; work in Tajikistan, surveying snow leopard habitat for Panthera; and investigated the links between wolves and elk and aspen in and near Yellowstone National Park (Ecology 93:12 2012, pp 2600-2614; Ecology 95:9 2014, pp 2671-2674). John is currently an associate teaching professor at Montana State University in Bozeman, teaching biology and ecology courses.

When he’s not on campus, John prefers to be out riding his bike, or even better, hiking somewhere and taking pictures while his wife Janet paints watercolors nearby and plays with their dog Jiggs. In recent years, John’s emphasis has moved away from capturing stand-alone photos of animals, plants and scenes, and is moving towards documenting the ecology of animals and places (although he'll probably never pass up a nice stand-alone shot). John is trying to create photography that is more informative, more intimate, in that it digs into the natural history of an animal or place. His hope is that when people look at a group of his pictures, they will understand, feel, and care more than before, and that this will lead to more deliberate, informed and compassionate actions and decision-making.

To see more of John’s photography and for information on purchasing prints, please visit his website: https://www.johnwinniejr.com/