Equally at home photographing in the studio or in the field, Charles "Chip" Hedgcock has been a professional photographer for more than 20 years. He is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), the Stock Artist Alliance (SAA) and is a Registered Biological Photographer and Fellow of the BioCommunications Association (BCA).

 

Charles has a background in Medical, Commercial and Biological/Scientific photography. This talent and experience, coupled with his keen interest in natural history have led him on photography and research projects in the American southwest and Sonora, Mexico.

 

His award winning photography has been called "beautiful in its precision." by the Austin American-Statesman. It has appeared in an eclectic mix of publications including; Spin, Ranger Rick, Cell & Tissue Research, BBC Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer and the Journal of Biological Photography. A gifted fine art photographer, his work has hung in numerous galleries as well as natural history museums and botanical gardens.

 

Brooks Jensen, editor of Lens Work, had this to say about his work:

"Chip is to bugs what Weston was to peppers!"