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C.C. Lockwood

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C.C. Lockwood is a nature and wildlife photographer specializing in Louisiana and the Gulf Region, including the Yucatan peninsula. He has received the Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award for outstanding conservation photography. He is also the co-founder of several environmental organizations, including the Baton Rouge Audubon Society, The Clean Team and Marsh Mission.

Work

He is currently working on a book entitled "Atchafalaya Basin Revisited" and covering Hurricane damage to the Louisiana coast. His photographs are held in many personal, museum and corporate collections. Most recently, he was honored as a "Louisiana Legend" by Louisiana Public Broadcasting, "Conservation Communicator of the Year" by the 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”

Films

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

Other awards

  • Atchafalaya – Louisiana Literary Award for Book of the Year, 1981
  • The Gulf Coast – Notable book of 1984 by the American Library Association
  • Baton Rouge Young Man of the Year, 1981