Thomas D. Mangelsen

(1946- ) born at Grand Island, lived at Ogallala, Omaha, Crete and Lincoln. Wildlife biologist, photographer, businessman, recognized as one of the world's outstanding nature photographers, he has documented the natural world for over 30 years, serving as cinematographer of National Geographic's Emmy-nominated television special "Flight of the Whooping Cranes" in the 1970s, publishing his photography of cranes, eagles, waterfowl, polar bears and grizzly bears in leading magazines and in books, exhibiting his work in museums worldwide, and establishing his Images of Nature galleries in ten states; recipient in 1994 of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award from the British Broadcasting Corporation and in 2002 an honorary fellowship by the Royal Photographic Society. Consult Wildlife Art News, July/August 1990, pp. 85-88 and Nature Photographer, November/December 1992, pp. 14-17 and Omaha Sunday World Herald, August 31, 1997, pp. E-l, E-7.

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