Sam Abell’s thirty-year career has been dedicated to achieving artistic expression through documentary photography.  He has pursued his goals primarily through his lengthy, in-depth coverage for National Geographic magazine and its Book Division.  At the same time, he has maintained a career as an artist, teacher and author. His numerous book credits include The Life of a Photograph, Seeing Gardens and The Photographic Life, to name a few. His most recent book Amazonia was published in January, 2010 to coincide with a traveling exhibition of images organized by the University of Oregon Art Museum. He is currently at work on a sixteen-volume set of books titled The Sam Abell Library due in the fall of 2010.