Carol Lyon, a self taught photographer, has been a bank janitor, Hearst Castle tour guide, live fashion model, high school teacher and counselor, live melodrama theatre owner, zookeeper, and caregiver. She began her journey as a photographer twelve years ago during her time as a zookeeper when she became the zoo’s staff photographer. Since then, she has garnered many gallery inclusions, acceptance into the Texas art festival circuit, and has been recognized internationally in competitions such as: 1st Place in Animals and Wildlife for The Pollux Awards shown in Buenos Aires, inclusion in The Animals Collection for the 5th Annual Exposure Awards shown at the Louvre in Paris, Honorable Mention in Fine Art Book Proposal for the Prix de la Photographie Paris PX3, winner of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers exhibited in Berlin, Germany, Finalist for One Eyeland's 2019 World's Top 10 Back & White Photographers, Winner of 2020's JMC Awards in Wildlife and Pullox Awards in Nature shown in Barcelona in 2021, and inclusion in One Eyeland's Best of the Best Photographers book in 2022.