Kaufman Photography, Stock Photos of Nature & Wildlife

STEVE KAUFMAN

( 1 KAUFMAN LANE) P.O. BOX 395, HOMER, ALASKA 99603

FAX (907) 235-4119 Telephone (907) 235-6356 E-mail steve@naturephotography.net

STOCK PHOTOGRAPHS

(all 35mm color transparencies)

Alaska

Areas of coverage: South East panhandle, south central, western (Yukon Delta region), arctic
Wildlife: Bears (Brown or grizzly, and black), moose, caribou, dall sheep, muskox, Northern sea lion, walrus, northern fur seal, red fox, arctic fox (white phase and blue phase), arctic ground squirrel, hoary marmot, porcupine, beaver, collared pika, arctic hare, snowshoe hare, humpback whale, orca
Birds: Loons (red-throated, common), pelagic cormorant, tundra swan, trumpeter swan, Canada goose (cackling), black brant, emperor goose, pintail duck, shoveler, blue-winged teal, wood duck, common eider, spectacled eider, steller's eider, oldsquaw, rough-legged hawk, bald eagle, merlin, spruce grouse, willow ptarmigan, rock ptarmigan, American golden plover, semipalmated plover, whimbrel, lesser yellowlegs, ruddy turnstone, pectoral sandpiper, dunlin, Baird's sandpiper, least sandpiper, semipalmated sandpiper, western sandpiper, red phalarope, northern phalarope, parasitic jaeger, pomarine jaeger, long-tailed jaeger, glaucous gull, glaucous-winged gull, herring gull, mew gull, black-legged kittiwake, Franklin's gull, Sabine's gull, arctic tern, common murre, thick billed murre, horned puffin, tufted puffin, paraqueet auklet, snowy owl, boreal owl, three-toed woodpecker, cliff swallow, gray jay, raven, yellow wagtail, redpoll, white crowned sparrow, tree sparrow, snow bunting.
Plants: extensive coverage of south-central and arctic Alaska
Parks: Denali, Lake Clark, Kenai Fjords, Glacier Bay, Katmai, Wrangell-St. Elias Refuges: Arctic, Kenai, Nunivak Island, Togiak, Yukon Delta
Miscellaneous: Airplanes (scenic shots of airplanes in flight in remote regions) Oil Exploration (arctic), Alaska Pipeline, Native hunting (Bering sea), volcano erupting (Mount Augustine, near Homer), gold mining, commercial fishing, biologists working with swans & geese, trophy sport fishing (rainbow trout & grayling).

Continental U.S.

States: Arizona, California, Florida, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Parks: (East) Acadia, Everglades,(Rocky Mountains & North Central) Glacier, Theodore Roosevelt, Voyageurs, (Southwest)Big Bend, Bryce, Organ-pipe Cactus NM, Joshua tree NM, Saguaro NM, Navaho National Monument (Monument Valley), White Sands N. M. , Gila Cliff Dwellings, Zion
Birdlife: Brown pelican, white pelican, double-crested cormorant, anhinga, Canada goose, Ross' goose, blue goose, mallard, pintail, green winged teal, wood duck, black-bellied tree duck, turkey vulture, black vulture, American kestrel, peregrine falcon, red shouldered hawk, osprey, turkey, chachalaca, gambel's quail, great white heron, common egret, snowy egret, cattle egret, great blue heron, reddish egret, Louisiana heron, green heron, black crowned night heron, yellow crowned night heron, american bittern, wood ibis, glossy ibis, white ibis, scarlet ibis, roseate spoonbill, flamingo, whooping crane, sandhill crane, limpkin, common gallinule, purple gallinule, coot, american oystercatcher, golden plover, killdeer, long-billed curlew, laughing gull, franklin's gull, least tern, sandwich tern, royal tern, caspian tern, black skimmer, roadrunner, barn owl, great horned owl, gilded flicker, gila woodpecker, yellow bellied sapsucker, tree swallow, common crow, black capped chickadee, verdin, house wren, cactus wren, mockingbird, brown thrasher, long-billed thrasher, bendire's thrasher, phainopepla, loggerhead shrike, western meadowlark, red-winged blackbird, yellow headed blackbird, boat-tailed grackle, cardinal, house finch, grey-crowned rosy finch, mangrove cuckoo, puerto rican tody (Birds previously listed in the Alaska section have been omitted)
Mammals: Bison, white-tailed deer, mule deer, black-tail deer, elk, bighorn sheep (Both Rocky Mountain and Desert), mountain goat, pronghorn, black bear, coyote, Mexican wolf, gray fox, kit fox, cougar, bobcat, badger, otter, black-footed ferret, porcupine, opossum, beaver, cottontail rabbit, desert cottontail, black-tailed prairie dog, round-tailed squirrel, Arizona rock squirrel, mangrove fox squirrel, Colombian ground squirrel, yellow-bellied marmot, sea otter, harbor seal, elephant seal, California sea lion, Steller's sea lion
Miscellaneous: Vermont maple sugaring, woodsmen's competitions (New York), decoy carving (Wisconsin), sawmills (Maine), spruce budworm control program (Maine), cattle branding (North Dakota), Petroglyphs in the southwest, Falconry/ Peregrine falcons
Rare & Endangered Species: Florida panther (cougar), Mexican wolf, bobcat, black-footed ferret, desert tortoise, peregrine falcon, Arizona rock rattlesnake, Ridge-nosed rattlesnake, Gila monster, whooping crane
Special Features : Submarines & Aircraft Carriers of the U.S. Navy: an in depth coverage showing life on board ships, weapon systems, control room, sonar, etc. Coverage includes every class of submarine and aircraft carrier in current usage by the U.S. Navy, interior & exterior (all unclassified; all cleared by the Navy)

Canada

Areas of coverage: Newfoundland, New Brunswick (Bay of Fundy), Northern Ontario, Alberta & British Columbia (Rocky Mountains), Yukon Territory
Special Features: Klondike/ Goldrush area/ gold mining (Yukon), tree harvesting in N. Ontario, tree planting, Whitehorse (Yukon) Sourdough Rendezvous (winter festival), Bay of Fundy (World's highest tides)
National Parks: Gros Morne (Newfoundland), Fundy (New Brunswick), Waterton (Alberta), Klondike (Historical area, Yukon).

Argentina

Areas of coverage: Iguazu National Park (one of the worldąs largest waterfalls), Esteros del Ibera (second largest wetland in South America, a nature reserve in Corrientes Province), Peninsula Valdes, Punto Tumbo, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (includes Perito Moreno Glacier & Fitzroy area)
Birds & Animals: Marsh Deer (threatened), capybara, gray fox, hairy armidillo, guanaco, vizcacha, southern elephant seal, southern sea lion, caiman, rhea, upland geese, and numerous other birds from the Corrientes province.

Australia

Areas of coverage: Sydney, Kakadu National Park (includes some Aboriginal paintings at Nourlangie rock), Grampions National Park, Port Campbell National Park.
Birds & Animals: Red Kangaroo, Gray kangaroo, pretty faced wallaby, red-necked wallaby, parma wallaby, rock wallaby, red-necked pademelon, koala, Eastern barred bandicoot, common wallaroo, common wombat, echidna, tree frogs, golden whip snake, estuarine crocodile. Little penguin, magpie geese, comb-crested jacana, masked lapwing, galah, rainbow lorikeet, crimson rosella, white-cheeked rosella, king parrot, long-billed corella, glossy cockatoo, sulphur-crested cockatoo, maned wood duck, Pacific black duck, Australian shelduck, musk duck, black swan, emu, forest kingfisher, rainbow bee-eater, australian magpie, satin bowerbird
Special Features: Full story packages available on Koalas and Eastern Barred Bandicoots.

Belize

Areas of coverage: Rainforest subjects in Cayo & Stann Districts. Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, Caye Caulker.
Features: Jaguar (captive), black howler monkey, grison, collared aracaris, keel-billed toucan, insects, spiders

Costa Rica

Areas of coverage: Rainforest subjects in Braulio Carrillo National Park, Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Manuel Antonio National Park, and La Selva OTS station.
Features: Three-toed sloth, white-faced coati, howler monkey, white-faced capuchin monkey, squirrel monkey, motmots and other tropical, colorful birds, leaf-cutter ants, butterflies, strange katydids, leaf mimics, poison arrow frogs, tink frogs, basilisk lizards, vipers, and iguanas.

Egypt

Areas of coverage: Several remote desert areas of Sinai peninsula: Includes several oasis, archaeological significant areas of Wadi Maktab (ancient petroglyphs), Serabit El Khadim (ancient Egyptian temple of worship-only one of it's type outside of mainland Egypt), Nawamis (ancient tombs of neolithic age) at Bekat Ha-Jaj

Greece

Areas of coverage: Skyros Island (Sporade Island Chain). General photos of Island, people. Emphasis on traditional wood carving (furniture), traditional style homes, and small wild horses (Skyrian horses) which are indigenous to the island.

Israel

Areas of coverage: Golan heights, Judean & Negev deserts. Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, Maktesh Ramon Nature Reserve, Shezaf Nature Reserve, Eliat Mountains Reserve, Farming in the central and western Negev
Special Features: Flowering in the Negev desert, Flowering in the Golan, Blanford's Fox (extremely rare, nocturnal), Biologists studying Blanford's Fox, Onager & Onager study (Reintroduced Species), White Oryx, Addax, Somali wild ass (previous three, Endangered Species), Agriculture in the Negev using brackish water and special desert techniques, Bedouin market in Be'er Sheva
Birds & Animals: Leopard, wolf, Blanford's fox, red fox, sand fox, Nubian ibex, rock hyrax, striped hyena, caracal, African wild cat, jungle cat, golden spiny-haired mouse, addax, white oryx, scimitar-horned oryx, onager, Somali wild ass, ostrich, little green bee-eater, bul-bul, palestine sun bird, palm dove, blackstart, brown babbler, sand partridge, common buzzard, griffon vulture, egyptian vulture, white stork, common kingfisher, little pied kingfisher, smyrna kingfisher

Japan

Areas of coverage: Honshu (Tokyo, Nara, Kyoto, Nagoya, Sendai), Hokkaido.
Special Features: Snow monkeys (in hot springs, Shiga Kogen), Japanese red-crowned cranes (dancing), Blakiston's Fish owl, Sapporo Yuki Matsuri festival (Snow Festival), whooper swans, Japanese Serow (with full text). * I have a story package about people who collect, dry, and then eat salamanders in central Honshu (near Nikko). In old times, salamanders were eaten for medicinal purposes: it was believed that they would cure stomach ailments and also stop the need to get up at night to urinate. Text written by Masazumi Yugari.

Jordan

Areas of coverage: Petra, Wadi Rum, Shobak castle, Jerash

Kenya

Areas of coverage: Coverage features basic wildlife coverage from the following parks: Nairobi NP, Masai Mara, Amboselli, Meru, Buffalo Springs N. Reserve, Lake Bogoria N. Reserve, Tsavo

Nepal

Photos taken on a trek around Annapurna. Some coverage from Kathmandu.

New Zealand

Scenic coverage of both north & south Islands, including: Rotorua thermal areas, Mt.Cook National Park, Westlands National Park, Paparoa National Park, Fiordlands National Park. Also sheep stations (south island). Birds & Animals: New Zealand fur seal, weka, pukeko, white-faced heron, pied stilt, Dominican gull, red-billed gull, paradise shellduck.

Panama

Panama canal: merchant ships and U.S. Navy ships in Gaillard cut and Miraflores lock. Minimal coverage of San Blas Islands.

Peru

Basic coverage of rainforest area along Tambopata River in SE Peru.

Puerto Rico

Basic coverage of much of the island; Old San Juan, Cabo Rojo Lighthouse, Ponce Tibes Indian Ceremonial park, mangroves, scenics of south coast.

Russia

Chukotka: Provideniya, Provideniya Bay, and surrounding landscapes. Also, walrus hunting (Eskimo) and Chukchi reindeer herding.

Switzerland

Bernese Oberland region, hot-air ballooning in the Alps, Geneva city views

Publication Credits Published in Audubon, National/International Wildlife, National Geographic (eight assignments for Special Publications and Traveler Magazine), Geo, Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, & numerous books. Have produced five books jointly with my father, Yogi Kaufman: UNTAMED ALASKA (wildlife & scenery), 1987, SILENT CHASE, (an in-depth coverage of U.S. Navy Submarines), 1989 (both by Thomasson & Grant), SHARKS OF STEEL (submarines, worldwide), 1993 (Naval Institute Press)., CITY AT SEA (life aboard aircraft carriers) 1995 (Naval Institute Press), UNTAMED ALASKA, 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (Lickle Publishing 1997). Represented by Corbis Corporation (Bellvue, WA), Peter Arnold, Inc. (New York), Natural Selection (Rochester, NY), DRK (Sedona, AZ), Yogi, Inc. (Potomac, MD), Ken Graham Agency (Anchorage, AK), AGE Fotostock (Barcelona), Bruce Coleman Ltd. (London), SAVE- Bildagentur (Augsburg), Franca Speranza (Milan), Oasis (Tokyo), and Uchiyama Press (Tokyo).

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