Rory Siegel is an award-winning photographer living in Rainier, Washington and the owner of Rory Siegel Photography & Fine Art. With a background in graphic design and fine art, she’s worked for clients in Jakarta, Indonesia, Los Angeles & San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR. Her current focus is commercial and fine art photography with a special love of portrait, landscape and wildlife subjects. Rory has won awards in several national and international photography competitions including the 2012 Project Imaginat10n Photography contest sponsored by Ron Howard and the Canon Camera Company and Michael Maven’s 4th International Photography Contest. Other honors include awards in the 2021 "Botanicals" Photography Category, Special Merit & Honorable Mention Awards in the Light, Space & Time Gallery "Botanicals," “Animals” Art Exhibition and “Seasons” Contest. She has been published in the Craft & Vision Photography magazine, Seasons of the Moon (Chronicle Books), and in five National Geographic Your Shot stories including: “When Death Comes” April 21, 2016, the photo “Almost Home” “Our World In Motion” August 25, 2016, the photo “Luminous” “Everyday Science” July 18, 2018, the photo “The Blue Room - Healing With Light” “My Home” May 22, 2019, the photo “Home of My Heart” “Rites Of Passage” August 19, 2019, the photo “Upshernish Dance” “Though I have worked primarily in the healthcare field for many years, my first career was as a graphic and fine artist. I have been fascinated with art and photography since early childhood when I used to “borrow” my brother’s old box camera to play with. While living in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and Long Beach, CA, I experimented with black and white photography, thematic series (doorways, ghost cats, textures), and blissfully enjoyed the benefits of having my own darkroom and potter’s wheel! While working in the Art Department of a large printing company in Los Angeles, I designed brochures, logo sets and packaging, experimented with large format copy cameras, and did commissioned portraits and murals for private clients. “I have continued primarily with photography over the years and find a special joy in sharing the amazing beauty and infinite variety that is revealed every moment here on our beloved Earth. I hope that you experience the same joy in seeing my work, that I have in being a vehicle of it’s expression.” Rory can be reached at: [email protected] https://rory-siegel.pixels.com https://www.facebook.com/RorySiegelPhotography/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/rorysiegel/ https://www.lensculture.com/rory-siegel