ROM Wildlife Photo Contest

Prior to joining ROM as Senior Photographer in 2020, Paul devoted most of his career to creating still-life and object photography for a variety of Canadian and International clients such as Hearst Magazines, Hudson Bay, Roger's Media, Smart Papers, and Teknion. This also included producing stock images for Masterfile Inc. and Getty Images. In fact, Paul was the first-ever Getty Images photographer to be published on the cover of The Washington Post magazine - an honour that was enthusiastically recognized by the editors at Getty Images. 

During the early days of digital photography, Paul was a member of the Olympus Visionaries group of photographers. This selected group of photographers worked closely with Olympus Japan and America in the development and promotion of Olympus digital cameras in the United States and Canada. 

Paul now devotes his time photographing for ROM and continues to produce entomological images that are available for private collection and may be viewed at pauleekhoffinsectart.com.

Photo © Ron Clifford Photography

Jo-Anne is an award-winning photojournalist, sought-after speaker, photo editor, and the founder of We Animals. She has visited over 60 countries to document our complex relationship with animals. She is the author of three books: We Animals (2014), Captive (2017), and HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene (2020), and is the subject of Canadian filmmaker Liz Marshall's acclaimed documentary, The Ghosts in Our Machine. Jo-Anne's photographs have received accolades from Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Nature Photographer of the Year, Big Picture, AEFONA, Picture of the Year International, the Global Peace Award, and others. In 2020, Jo-Anne has juried photo competitions such as World Press Photo and Big Picture. She hails from Toronto, Canada.

Mark Peck is an award-winning wildlife and nature photographer. Mark will be introducing the WPY exhibit and the role of photography in conservation while sharing his expertise throughout the community.

Mark is a technician in the ROM Department of Natural History and is in charge of overseeing the ornithology collection. He serves as a committee member and ROM liaison for the Ontario Bird Records Committee, and as a consultant for Ontario Birds / Ontario Field Ornithologists. He is also the co-coordinator of the Ontario Nest Records Scheme and Program Director of the Toronto Ornithological Club. Mark wrote the text for the recently published: The Extraordinary Beauty of Birds, Designs Patterns and Details by Deborah Samuel.

Co-Founder of Hello Foto Inc, Vincent Luk has considerable experience working with local communities and organizations in sharing their stories through different visual mediums. His award-winning photography and video work have taken him across the globe, and his photographs have been exhibited in numerous galleries around Toronto.

As the Program Manager and instructor for the Fleming College Environmental Visual Communications Post-Graduate Program based at ROM. Vincent mentors future wildlife photographers and videographers who are passionate about environmental issues.

David Coulson is a visual storyteller based in Toronto, Canada. His work explores the complex and indivisible relationships between people and planet and has taken him around the world documenting the challenges, successes and resilience of conservation initiatives.  Through words, photography and film, David hopes to reveal our profound connections to the earth, our shared home, and the urgent need to protect it. 

David has been recognized by the Magenta Foundation as a 2019 emerging photographer. He has been featured in Beside Magazine, Canadian Wildlife, and Canadian Geographic, and has worked with organizations such as the Canadian Wildlife Federation, Ontario Nature, the Nature Conservancy of Canada and ROM. Currently, David is hoping to inspire and train the next generation of concerned storytellers as an instructor at Fleming College’s Environmental Visual Communication Program, based out of ROM.