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Peggy Bauer, wildlife photographer, dead at 72
03/26/2004
Associated Press
Wildlife and outdoor photographer Peggy Bauer, who published dozens of books with her husband and camera mentor, Erwin A. Bauer, has died at age 72.
Bauer died Tuesday in an automobile crash near this north Olympic Peninsula town where she and her husband moved about six years ago. Her husband died slightly more than a month earlier at age 84 after a long illness.
Shooting together and crediting their work jointly, the couple shared a lifetime achievement award from the North American Nature Photography Association in 2000.
They published about 45 books, most recently "The Alaska Highway: A Portrait of the Ultimate Road Trip" and "The Last Big Cats: An Untamed Spirit," both in 2003.
Earlier titles include "Antlers: Nature's Majestic Crown" and "Baja to Barrow: A Pacific Coast Wildlife Odyssey," both in 1995, and "Big Game of North America" in 1998.
"She was quite fearless," said Karl Maslowski, also a wildlife photographer. "She faced gorillas, she faced cape buffalo, she faced brown bears — nothing seemed to faze her."
Born in the Chicago suburbs as Grace Margaret Reid but always known as Peggy, she was married for seven years with three sons and had done little photography when she met Bauer, a widely recognized lensman, at a hotel lobby in Nairobi, Kenya.
Both divorced their spouses, moved to Jackson Hole, Wyo., and got married in 1972. Three years later she began learning wildlife photography and before long they were shooting together as a team.
The Bauers later lived in Montana before moving to Sequim, traveling four to six months a year for their work until Erwin Bauer fell ill last year.
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Information from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, http://www.seattle-pi.com/
03/26/2004
Associated Press
Wildlife and outdoor photographer Peggy Bauer, who published dozens of books with her husband and camera mentor, Erwin A. Bauer, has died at age 72.
Bauer died Tuesday in an automobile crash near this north Olympic Peninsula town where she and her husband moved about six years ago. Her husband died slightly more than a month earlier at age 84 after a long illness.
Shooting together and crediting their work jointly, the couple shared a lifetime achievement award from the North American Nature Photography Association in 2000.
They published about 45 books, most recently "The Alaska Highway: A Portrait of the Ultimate Road Trip" and "The Last Big Cats: An Untamed Spirit," both in 2003.
Earlier titles include "Antlers: Nature's Majestic Crown" and "Baja to Barrow: A Pacific Coast Wildlife Odyssey," both in 1995, and "Big Game of North America" in 1998.
"She was quite fearless," said Karl Maslowski, also a wildlife photographer. "She faced gorillas, she faced cape buffalo, she faced brown bears — nothing seemed to faze her."
Born in the Chicago suburbs as Grace Margaret Reid but always known as Peggy, she was married for seven years with three sons and had done little photography when she met Bauer, a widely recognized lensman, at a hotel lobby in Nairobi, Kenya.
Both divorced their spouses, moved to Jackson Hole, Wyo., and got married in 1972. Three years later she began learning wildlife photography and before long they were shooting together as a team.
The Bauers later lived in Montana before moving to Sequim, traveling four to six months a year for their work until Erwin Bauer fell ill last year.
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Information from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, http://www.seattle-pi.com/
