I grew up tromping around the backwoods of east
Tennessee, looking for wildflowers, tubing the
Little River, and breathing deeply of the loamy
earth and tannin-rich streams. The woods were
a place of discovery and an inner sanctum, always
fresh and inviting, never threatening or closed
to a child's boundless curiosity. My early experiences
there formed the foundation for a life-long love
and respect
for nature, a love that led me as far afield
as Europe and Asia to research and teach proactive
environmental protection and as near as my own
back yard to try to right environmental wrongs.
Now I've landed on a mountain top skirted by
the Tennessee-North Carolina state line where
every day rekindles a fresh sense of discovery
and ignites my passion for nature photography
that hopefully just might inspire you to join
in efforts to preserve and protect the environment here, where
you are, and around the world. Right
now, I'm taking my camera and heading to the
woods. Won't you
come, too?
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Lori
Kincaid worked for twenty years as an
environmental engineer before embarking
on a career as an outdoor photographer.
Inspired by a life-long study of nature
and the everyday beauty surrounding her
mountaintop home, she shares her passion
for preserving and protecting the environment
through her photographs of the Southern
Appalachians. Lori's images reveal her
close personal connection to the natural
world while illuminating the innate strength
and ultimate fragility of its timeless
beauty.