C.C. Lockwood

Throughout his career, C.C. Lockwood has established himself as one of the nation’s outstanding nature and wildlife photographers and as the premier Chronicler of the natural wonders of Louisiana and the Gulf Region, including the Yucatan peninsula. He is also a recipient of the Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams award for outstanding conservation photography. Currently CC is finishing up a book entitled Atchafalaya Basin Revisited and covering Hurricane damage to the Louisiana Coast. Lockwood's photographs are held in many personal, museum and corporate collections. Most recently C.C. was honored as Louisiana Legend by Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Conservation Communicator of the year by Louisiana Wildlife Federation, and a Distinguished Alumni by LSU.

BOOKS

Atchafalaya, America’s Largest River Basin Swamp, includes 137 color photographs and text by Lockwood, 1981

The Gulf Coast: Where Land Meets Sea, includes 160 color photographs and text by Lockwood, LSU Press, 1984

Discovering Louisiana, includes 155 color photographs and text by Lockwood, LSU Press, 1986

The Yucatán Peninsula, includes 142 color photographs and text by Lockwood, LSU Press, 1989

C.C. Lockwood’s Louisiana Nature Guide, includes 246 color photographs and text by Lockwood, LSU Press, 1995

Beneath the Rim: A Photographic Journey Through the Grand Canyon, includes 137 color photographs and text by Lockwood, LSU Press, 1996

Around the Bend, A Mississippi River Adventure, includes 158 color photographs and text by Lockwood, LSU Press, 1998

Still Waters, Images, 1971-1999, includes 100 color photographs and text by Lockwood, LSU Press, 2000

The Alligator Book, includes 144 color photographs and text by Lockwood, LSU Press, 2002

Mike the Tiger, the Roar of LSU, includes color photographs by Lockwood and text by Bivet and Baker, LSU Press, 2003

Marshmission, Capturing the Vanishing Wetlands, includes 100 color illustrations and text by Lockwood and Rhea Gary, LSU Press, 2005

Atchafalaya Houseboat, Photographs by CC Lockwood text by Gwen Roland, LSU Press, 2006

PUBLICATIONS

National Geographic – September 1979, “Atchafalaya”

National Geographic – June 1980, “Neshoba County Fair”

National Geographic – August 1983, “Mississippi Delta”

Smithsonian – April 1998, “The Yucatán’s Flooded Basement”

Work published in thousands of magazines, books, advertisements, CD-roms and other media

LECTURES National, state, and local conventions, seminars, workshops and conferencesrelating to wildlife, photography and environmental issues.

FILMS"'

Atchafalaya, America’s Largest River Basin Swamp filmed, written and directed by Lockwood, 1977

Various environmental public service announcements

BOOK AWARDS

Atchafalaya – Louisiana Literary Award for Book of the Year, 1981

The Gulf Coast – Notable book of 1984 by the American Library Association

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GENERAL AWARDS"'

Ansel Adams Award for conservation photography, 1978

Baton Rouge Young Man of the Year, 1981

Various honors for exhibits and contests

Louisiana Legend by Louisiana Public Broadcasting May 2000

Conservation Communicator of the year 2005 by the LA Wildlife Federation

Has been inducted into the LSU Alumni Association's Hall of Distinction

ORGANIZATIONS

North American Nature Photographers Association (NANPA)

Southeastern Outdoor Press Association (SEOPA)

American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)

Louisiana Press Association

A past board member of Nature Conservancy of Louisiana and the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

Baton Rouge Audubon Society- Co-Founder

The Clean Team- Co-Founder

Marsh Mission Co-Founder

Friends of New Orleans, Board Member

EXHIBITS

1975 Atchafalaya Exhibit - 35 photographs

1979 Terrebonne Parish Exhibit - 48 photographs

1984 The Gulf Coast Exhibit - 25 photographs

2002 The Alligator Exhibit - 40 photographs

2005 Marsh Mission 30 photographs by CC and 30 paintings by Rhea Gary

FUTURE

Atchafalaya Reflections, 25 Years Later - a book - Fall 2007

Rhythms of the Beach - a book on the peacefulness of a shoreline