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Award Winning

Around the Bend (Bobcat) Selected by the National Wildlife Federation as the new cover photo for the 2024 membership card held by 6 million members and supporters.	Sheltering Great Horned Owl National Wildlife Federation Bird of the Year 2015 and Audubon and Nature's Best Photography Top 100 2015	Migration Two Cranes En Route Crane Migration Rosenstiel's 12 Artists 1 Cause Wink Gaines for Conservation International March 2021
Just Up Grant's Gazelle and Calf Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Photography Awards semi-finalist 2019	Snow Geese Blastoff Wilderness Forever national photography contest Top 300 semi-finalist 2014	Thundering In Carolinas' Nature Photographers Association first place in Member's Choice advanced division and cover photo for CNPA's quarterly photo magazine "Camera In the Wild" 2014
White Tiger Designer's Today, the go-to publication linking interior designers to the home furnishing industry, selects Wink Gaines Photographer as its Artisan Spotlight business profile for the High Point Spring 2017 edition.	Audubon Nesting Egret Audubon Photography Awards Top 100 Photographs of the Year 2012	Audubon Ibis Audubon Photography Awards Top 100 Photographs of the Year 2011
Biltmore Circle Light Biltmore for Your Home selects Wink Gaines Photographer as a licensed partner to provide branded images for retail markets.	Bulls Island Sunrise Boneyard Beach Nature's Best Photography Top 300 Semi-Finalist for "Wilderness Forever: 50 Years of Protecting Americas Wild Places" 2013	Prothonotary Warbler Eating a Mayfly Audubon on Instagram promotes Warbler image on website. A second Warbler image is published in the 2017 Audubon annual calendar.
Coyote In Yellowstone Primary wildlife image contributor to the award-winning Archipelago Theatre production of North: A Love Letter, a poetic dance-movement reflection on the loss of sentient creatures. The images bring home the emotional reality of the climate crisis. SAOS Award for Best Wildlife Film -Universal Film Festival Samothraki, Alexandroupolis, Greece and other awards. (See film in About section of this website)

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