Richard Simonsen has been interested in photography since he was a small boy dodging and burning black and white prints with his father in post-WWII England. For the past 10 years he has pursued the magnificent wildlife of America at every opportunity, first in Minnesota and now in the desert Southwest.
Richard’s images of the Minnesota State Bird, the Common Loon, come from immersing himself in the life of one family of loons over two summers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota. His photograph of the underwater loon made in the fall of 1997 is a classic image of one of nature’s best underwater hunters.
Since moving to Arizona in 2001, Richard has pursued hawks, rattlesnakes and hummingbirds. He also has a passion for objects that fly fast and has an interesting collection of Blue Angels photographs taken at various opportunities over the past 5 years.
Richard Simonsen has been interested in photography since he was a small boy dodging and burning black and white prints with his father in post-WWII England. For the past 10 years he has pursued the magnificent wildlife of America at every opportunity, first in Minnesota and now in the desert Southwest.