Wyman Meinzer
WYMAN MEINZER - Wyman Meinzer’s inborn love for his home state of Texas and for capturing its unique beauty, began on the 27,000 acre League Ranch on the rolling plains of Texas where he was raised. His uniquely spectacular photography has translated into 22 books and over 250 magazine cover credits. The Smithsonian, National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, Audubon, Field and Stream, Outdoor Life, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas Highways, BBC Wildlife and many other publications have featured his work.
“I love everything about Texas,” Meinzer enthuses, “and I want to applaud all that defines Texas through my work.” When he began photographing in the late ‘70’s he worked on film and although he now works with digital photography he expresses displeasure with the common practice of photo-shopping to create the effects he captures by “chasing the light.” “My theme of intent,” he says, “is to be on site at the greatest light.” It is a theme that finds him “chasing the light” from sunrise to sunset, from one end of the state to another. He began recording images of his home area in the rolling plains because, “The Texas plains region was largely unexplored until I started” filming there. He frequently shares his knowledge and techniques in workshops where he enjoys giving personalized attention in small, intimate groups of students. In 1997, then Governor George W. Bush, in the 75th Legislature, recognized Wyman Meinzer as the only “Official Photographer of The State Of Texas”. Of his awards and his induction into the Frontier Times Texas Hall of Heroes, Wyman says, “I never thought of or planned on an honor like this. It’s beyond my wildest dreams and I just want to thank all who admire my work and I hope to continue to define and celebrate the great state of Texas and its people through my photography.” |
2014 INDUCTEES JEHU D. "JUD" ASHMORE JOHN DOUGLAS "BUD" FITZPATRICK TODD WHITEWOOD 2013 INDUCTEES DAVID K. LANGFORD ROBERT L. MANSFIELD LARRY NOLEN GARY P. NUNN MARGARET "PEGGY" TOBIN 2012 INDUCTEES CRAIG CAMERON H. JOAQUIN JACKSON ARKEY BLUE BUDDY GROFF 2011 INDUCTEES COY HERMAN "TOOTS" MANSFIELD RICHARD S. "KINKY" FRIEDMAN LOUIS PEARCE WYMAN MEINZER MATHIAS EDWARD "SCOOTER" FRIES 2010 INDUCTEES BILL PICKETT JOSE POLICARPIO "POLLY" RODRIGUEZ RED STEAGALL BUCK TAYLOR RUDY ROBBINS DON & JUDY HICKS 2009 INDUCTEES J. MARVIN HUNTER J. FRANK DOBIE MAUDEEN MARKS "CAPTAIN" JOE BOWMAN RAY WHARTON CLEO HEARN KEVIN FITZPATRICK "EMPRESARIO" TERRY BOOTHE DR. RAUL GAONA, SR. |
