Winston C FraserWinston Fraser is a self-taught Canadian photographer whose work has been published widely both in North America and abroad. Included among his credits are National Geographic, National Wildlife Federation, New York Times, Country Guide, Farm & RanchLiving, Encyclopedia Britannica, Canadian Geographic, Kodak Encyclopedia of Photography and Walt Disney. A large-format hard-cover book containing some 200 of his photographs, HISTORIC SITES OF CANADA, was published in 1991 by Colour Library Books in the United Kingdom. Fraser has also authored several articles in connection with his photos including feature length articles in Canadian Geographic magazine, Farm Woman and American inflight magazine. Fraser's interest in photography started as a young boy while he was growing up on the family farm in Cookshire (Quebec, Canada) with his eleven brothers and sisters. At the age of ten he received his first camera, an inexpensive castoff, which required adhesive tape to keep it shut! Encouraged by family and friends, he pursued his hobby with ever increasing enthusiasm. But it wasn't until more than 25 years later that he decided to offer his photos for publication. Winston lives in St-Lazare (Quebec). He has four children and nine grandchildren. Because he was, until 1992, employed full-time with IBM as a systems engineer, his photography activities were mainly limited to weekend safaris and the family's annual camping vacation. Nevertheless, he was able to build up an extensive library of images, now numbering some fifty thousand, covering every region of Canada and many areas of the United States and overseas countries. Fraser holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Bishop's University, Lennoxville (Quebec). Among his photography awards was first prize in a Canadian Heritage photo contest. An active Christian layman, Winston recognizes that his success in photography is the result of a God-given ability to see and record the wonders of creation in a special way. Over the years he has held benefit exhibitions of his work to support such charitable organizations as Quebec Lodge Christian Camp, Manoir Hubert Maisonneuve Senior Citizens Home, Africa Inland Mission, Generations Foundation (to feed hungry schoolchildren), Old Brewery Mission for the Homeless and the Canadian Bible Society. Expositions of his photography have been held in New York, Vermont, Ontario and Quebec. Read More Read Less