Richard Bickel's photography crosses 70 countries and has been published throughout the world. His passion for exotic waters—Africa's Niger and Burma's Irawaddy Rivers—brought him to Apalachicola in 1994. He has since been capturing the rich culture of Florida's last stand, publishing his best-selling photo essay book The Last Great Bay in 2002. In 2004, his Apalachicola images appeared in a New York Times cover story profiling the profoundness of the area.
A recipient of the Golden Quill Award for Photography and the New York Art Director's Club Award, Bickel has contributed to numerous books published by National Geographic and Travel & Leisure. He has worked for numerous magazines, including Islands, Saveur, Sports Afield, Civilization Stern (Germany) and Geo (France).
