A resident of Venice, Florida, and Honor, Michigan, Mary Lundeberg is a conservation photographer and writer who celebrates the natural world. Her goal as a photographer is to create an appreciation for the beauty and fragility of this planet, especially water ecosystems, such as the coastal regions and estuaries in Florida, the rivers in Wisconsin and Colorado, and the glaciers in Antarctica. Mary’s specialty is wildlife, which requires stillness, patience, and a passion for understanding animals. Mary is especially concerned about shorebirds and educates beachgoers about threatened nesting shorebirds as a bird steward. She created and co-managed a Stump Park Beach State Park bird steward program to protect Wilson’s Plovers and Least Terns. Contact her if you would like to become a bird steward or would like a copy of A Tale of a Tern, Magical Monarch's Journey or Raised to be Wild: A Tale of a Captive-reared Piping Plover.
Mary’s photographs have been exhibited in juried art galleries in several states and published in books, magazines, calendars, and newspapers. She has won awards from state, national and international associations. A retired professor and department chair from Michigan State University, she recently taught photography through Ringling College of Art and Design. She writes nature books for children and adults, and authors a column called “Noticing Nature.” She has published over 80 articles, seven books, and numerous photographs. Read what others have written about her: An Englewood photographer captures the beauty-and stories-of the animals around us, Meet Mary Lundeberg, For wildlife photographer, pursuit leads to appreciation of the environment, Capturing the Wild with Photographer Mary Lundeberg.
Mary is on the board of the Peace Myakka Waterkeeper, and volunteers on the Great Lakes Piping Plover Recovery Team. She belongs to the North American Nature Photography Association, the Englewood Camera Club, and the Florida Camera Club Council. She has contributed pro bono work to the National Park Service, Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, Stump Pass Beach State Park, the Science and Environment Council, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program, Barrier Island Parks Society, Lemon Bay Conservancy, Audubon, and Coastal Wildlife club. Her work is for sale at the Punta Gorda Airport, Copperfish Books, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Walmart.