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Rob Stimpson is an internationally published, award-winning photographer best known for capturing the fury and tenderness of the Canadian outdoors.
While Rob’s mainstream occupation is that of professional photographer, his education, creative talents and past experience suggest additional descriptions: teacher and wilderness guide.

His 20-year career has also taken him to the Arctic and Antarctic, sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and Central America, where he has focused on rare sights of the natural world and photojournalistic elements of indigenous people.

Along the way, he has garnered numerous awards, including a Northern Lights Award from the Canadian Tourist Commission and Best Travel Photography Award from the Ontario Tourism Summit in 07.

Stimpson is co-author (with Craig Thompson) of An Artist's and Photographer's Guide to Wild Ontario (Boston Mills Press.) His work has also graced Canadian Geographic, Explore, Chatelaine, Cathay Pacific and Japan Air in-flight magazines, Globe & Mail and Toronto Star. Corporate clients include Swift Canoe, Annenberg Foundation, Ontario Tourism and Ontario Parks

His work can also be seen in the Canadian Canoe Museum and the French River Visitor Centre. When he is not taking photographs, he teaches travel and landscape photography at Fleming College in Haliburton Ontario.