About goat_island_images / Kevin Mack

Born and raised in the midwest, I relocated to the Seattle area in 1995 to take a position at a large wildlife rehabilitation center. I have been fascinated with wildlife and wild places my entire life. Being able to work with injured and orphaned wild animals has offered me the chance to give something back to these amazing beings with whom we share the planet. In the past 13+ years I have worked with everything from hummingbirds to eagles, and from shrews to bears and cougars. In all, I have helped care for around 55,000 individual animals representing more than 240 different species.

My interest in photography started in the course of my job. In the beginning, I mostly took photos of the patients in our care for newsletters and other publications. Over time, and with a significant equipment upgrade, I switched my focus to healthy animals in their natural habitat. I find that after working with so many damaged and temporarily captive animals, photographing wild animals that are healthy and free is very therapeutic. It also helps me in my job in that it makes it easier to identify normal and abnormal behavior in the animals that are being held for treatment. Best of all, by photographing the wild animals that I encounter in the course of my life, I have the opportunity to share the beauty of these animals with others.

My website can be found at: www.goatislandimages.com

I also have prints for sale on Imagekind.com. My galleries can be accessed at: goat_island_images.imagekind.com/