John Sylvester is an internationally published travel, nature and landscape photographer based in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He specializes in photographing the people and places of Canada, with an emphasis on the Atlantic region. He divides his time equally between stock photography and assignments for editorial, advertising, corporate and government clients. Stock Photography – John’s ever expanding library of stock photography – with over 80,000 images – features extensive coverage of Canada’s four Atlantic Provinces: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador, plus selective coverage from Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories. International travel includes images from Cuba, Europe and the United States. A detailed subject list is available. All images are available as digital files (up to 60 MB file size). Assignments – John’s assignment work appears regularly in magazines, annual reports, corporate brochures and advertising campaigns. Editorial clients include: Coastal Living, Yankee, Country Gardens, Ranger Rick, Canadian Gardening, Canadian Living, Canadian Geographic, Outdoor Photography Canada, Readers Digest, UP!, Explore, Saltscapes, Imperial Oil Review, Country, Our Canada, Harrowsmith Country Life, National, TIME, Backbone and National Post Business Magazine. Corporate and government clients include: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Tourism Prince Edward Island, Parks Canada, The University of Prince Edward Island, The Nature Conservancy of Canada, National Research Council, Atlantic Lottery Corporation, Canada Post, Atlantic Turbines, Health Canada, Aliant and Atlantis Bioactive. Awards - (May 7, 2011) John's feature photo essay, "Torngat Safari," which appeared in the Nov/Dec issue of SALTSCAPES magazine, was a Silver award winner in the 2010 Atlantic Journalism Awards (Atlantic Magazine Article category). AJAs Northern Lights Awards – John is a four time winner of the Canadian Tourism Commission’s Northern Lights Awards For Excellence in Travel Journalism and Photography in the "Photography" category: 2011 – 2nd place 2009 – 2nd place 2005 – 3rd place 2003 – 1st place John's book, WILD ISLAND – Prince Edward Island's Hidden Wilderness, was winner of the 2010 Prince Edward Island Book Award for non-fiction. Nature's Best: www.naturesbestphotography.com – 2010 Ocean Views photography competition; "Highly Honored" for "Iceberg, Fogo Island, Newfoundland" – 2008 Ocean Views photography competion: "Highly Honored" for "Icebergs in fog, Quirpon Island, Newfoundland." B&W Spider Awards 2011 – Two images nominated in the "Nature" category. B&W Spider Awards 2010 – Two images from John's "icebergs in fog" series were awarded prizes in the B&W Spider Awards, "icebergs and fog (1)" received Honorable Mention in the Nature category and "icebergs in fog (2)" a nominee. News – View a selection of John's images from Greenland and Nunavut on the Natural Traveller web site: naturaltraveler Read an interview with John on the Canadian Geographic Photo Club web site: CanadianGeographic Several of John's images are featured in a beautiful new book, "Canada's National Parks – A Celebration" commemorating the 125th anniversary of Canada's national parks and the 2011 centennial of Parks Canada as the world's first parks service. Hear John talking about some of his nature and wildlife images in the Nature Conservancy of Canada's Aperture – Artists Series: Click Here John was a contributing photographer to PhotoSensitive's "Cancer Connections" project. Find out more at: www.photosensitive.com Associations – Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. 
