Squatters Rights

• Photographer
  Carol Lyon, United States

Primates are lower on the evolutionary scale than humans.
Supposedly. However, the seem quite at home when combined
with old buildings. They even look like some of my neighbors.
Perhaps old theories don't hold up over time. Regression or
evolution? "Squatters Rights" challenges assumptions about
naturalness and superiority.

• Biography
  Carol Lyon, a self taught photographer, has been a fashion model, live theatre owner, teacher, and zookeeper. Carol began her photographic career ten years ago when she evolved from a senior zookeeper to the zoo’s staff photographer. Her naturalistic animal and pet photography has spilled over into fine art photography. Carol has always had a knack for pulling the simple from the complex, and nothing on earth gives her more pleasure than the privilege of being let in to a creature’s inner circle. It is this clarity and delight that she distills into her photography.
• Awards
  Winner: 15th Worldwide Gala Awards/ Pollux Award in Nature 2020 Winner: 15th Edition Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers in Wildlife 2020 3 time Honorable Mentions: PX3 in Nature, Wildlife, and Fine Art 2020 Finalist: World's Top 10 Black & White Photographers - One Eyeland 2019 3 time Nominee: Fine Art Photography Awards in Wildlife/Animals and Photomanipulation 2019 Finalist: 2018 Best of Photography - Photographers Forum Magazine Bronze Medal: Px3 in Animals & Wildlife 2017 Finalist: Charles Dodgson Black & White Awards in Cityscapes & St. Photography 2017 3 time Nominee: Fine Art Photography Awards in Abstract, Open Theme, and Conceptual 2016 Winner: 8th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers 2015 Merit Award: TerraBella Media International Open Portfolio Contest 2015 Runner Up: 7th Worldwide Gala Awards/ Pollux Award in People, Culture, and Daily Life 2014 1st place: Animals & Wildlife WPGA annual international Pollux Awards 2011