Web of Water

About the contributors

Tom Blagden

Tom has been a professional photographer for more than thirty years. His photographs have appeared in most national conservation calendars, as well as in numerous exhibits and magazines, including the covers of Smithsonian, Audubon, Outdoor Photographer, Nature Conservancy, and Sierra. Tom’s photographs and writing are devoted to land protection and conservation issues, resulting in six books on South Carolina.

Clay Bolt

Clay is a natural history and conservation photographer specializing in macro and close-up photography of Southern Appalachian biodiversity with a focus on invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians. His images and projects are regularly featured by organizations such as The Nature Conservancy and National Geographic.

jon holloway

jon’s professional career has allowed him to travel the globe, creating photographic exhibits on South Carolina, India, South Africa, Cuba, Gates of the Arctic, 500 Years: Native America, Spirit, Solitude, and Nature’s Rhythm as a testament to his artistic vision. He lives and has a studio in Greenwood.

Ben Geer Keys

Ben is a lifelong resident of Greenville, South Carolina. He acquired a love and a fascination for the beauty of the mountains and, after years of hiking the trails in the Southern Appalachians, he has accumulated many photographs of the area and enjoys sharing them.

John Lane

John is an avid paddler and place-based educator, whose outdoor adventure prose has appeared in Outside, American White Water, Canoe, South Carolina Wildlife, and many other periodicals. His long essays, “River Wild” (on paddling fifty-nine miles of the Youghiogheny River) and “Confluence: Pacolet River,” appeared in the anthologies Heart of a Nation and Adventure America, both from National Geographic Books.

Hero webpage photo: Reedy River by Tom Blagden