I have been photographing wolves since 1984 and have since collected many tens of thousands of useable wolf photographs. I started primarily photographing everything I could in both color and black and white and though it has been years since I have done much with film, I still have an affinity for black and white.

On October 24, 2001 I went digital. It was a big step, but I have never looked back. I opted to not print myself as I still prefer the look of actual photographic paper. I instead use one of the best labs in the country, Helix Color Service in Chicago to get my digital prints made. For Black and White, I still have my own darkroom with a Besler 45mx cold light enlarger with Nikon lenses. I mostly work with fibre based museum quality papers such as Agfa's Portriga, Arista and Ilford's Gallerie. I use an archival process involving three fixer baths and an archival print washer which I allow to run twice the recommend washing time just to make sure the prints will outlast us all. :-) However, the darkroom does not get used much as there are good black and white digital papers out there. It is mostly a tradeoff between taking photos or making my own prints. I prefer to focus more on taking new photos and using my computer as a 'digital darkroom' where I can tweak and subtly enhance my work in many respects in the same way I would in the darkroom, only infinitely more controlled and certainly more advanced.

Although I have yet to write a book of my own, I have been published in enough magazines, books and other publications that I have long lost track. To get some idea, just search Google Books for Monty Sloan ;-)

My work at Wolf Park

Wolf Park is a fantastic wildlife education and research facility in Indiana. I've worked here as a handler, educator, researcher and photographer since 1988. I also am webmaster of a number of web sites, including Wolf Park's. Part of the proceeds from all my photography sales go to help Wolf Park and their education efforts.

I have many web sites, but the best one to see my work, and what I have available for sale, is www.wolfphotography.com where I have quite the listing. I also have a Photo of the Day page with over 18,000 photos available for subscribers at www.wolfpark.net.

For those who are interested, here is the caption I used to put on my matted prints... He's a webmaster, computer geek and has a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of California at Berkeley ... so why wolves?

He finds there is something deeply inspirational, and quite intriguing about these animals. An interest in geology quickly switched to a fascination with wildlife -- in particular, wolves and their behavior.
Studies of wolf social behavior, along with a hobby as a photographer, quickly turned to a career – a passion to capture every aspect of wolf life on film. However, wild wolves are elusive, wary, and often difficult to observe - much less to photograph - on an intimate and personal level.

Monty found that working with socialized wolves was the answer. He is a wolf behaviorist and photographer at Wolf Park where his years of working with captive wolves have resulted in the largest collection of wolf images and depictions of their social behavior anywhere in the world.
Monty has now worked closely with wolves for nearly two decades. He has not just captured how wolves live, how a pack works and what makes a wolf a wolf, but also the personalities of individual animals.
His work has been published in numerous books and magazines throughout Europe, as well as North and South America.