Bill Ivy (photographer/author)
Bill Ivy (born 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a veteran photographer/author with 24 books to his credit, including the award-winning A Little Wilderness - The Natural History of Toronto.
In the mid-1960s he was a student at the International School Ibadan in Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War.
Bill is a skilled lecturer on photography and natural history and a popular nature guide.[1] He has appeared on numerous radio and TV programs. He was still photographer for BBC on Sir David Attenborough's Wildlife on One: Backyard Bandits. His work has been featured in hundreds of publications in North America and abroad.
Bill is a trained classical guitarist and taught music prior to pursuing a career in photography.
Bill is married to Pat Ivy and has five children. They currently reside in Toronto, Ontario.[2]
Selected books
- A Little Wilderness - The Natural History of Toronto (ISBN 0195404211)
- Close to Home - A Canadian Country Diary (ISBN 1895246113)
- Wildlife of America (ISBN 0831755814)
- Wilderness Canada (ISBN 088665484X)
- Getting to Know Nature's Children series
- Our Wildlife World series
References
- ↑ Young Canada Works. "Close to Home: A Canadian Country Diary". University of Manitoba.
- ↑ The Year Book. The International School, Ibadan. 2001.
External links
- Bill Ivy's official site (http://www.billivy.com)