To Whom It May Concern:

I am a freelance writer, photographer and teacher who specializes in stories and images from the Canadian arctic, where I have made my home for the past fourteen years. My writing and photography has appeared in such publications as; The IOC (International Olympic Committee) Review, Ms. Magazine, Maclean’s, Canadian Living, Net Guide, Quill and Quire, The Winnipeg Free Press, The Toronto Star, Owl Magazine, News/North, Nunatsiaq News, Photo Life, Canadian Heritage magazine, Inuit Art Quarterly, Civic-Public Works and Up Here Magazines. Some of my other clients have included; Time-Life Books, Maclean-Hunter Publishing Ltd., McClelland and Stewart Publishers, Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Ltd., Alouette Verlag Publishers (Germany), The Missouri Botanical Gardens, Irwin Publishing, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Airlines International, Northwest Territorial Airlines, First Air, The Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, Nortext Information Design, Northern Telecom, Northwestel, the National Film Board of Canada, Outcrop Publishers, the National Native Role Model Program, the Canadian Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, the Canadian Department of Energy, Mines and resources, the Federal Business Bank, the Canadian Department of External Affairs, the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, the Nunavut Trust, the Keewatin Chamber of Commerce, Travel Keewatin, the Hudson Bay Tour Company, the Keewatin Arts and Crafts Festival, Queen’s University, and the Government of the Northwest Territories. I have provided the still photographs for CBC’s “North Concert” which airs nationally on July first, Canada Day.

I have photographed and co-authored the book An Arctic Community for Crabtree Publishing of Toronto. The book contains over one hundred full colour photographs and sixty pages of text relating to life in today’s arctic. I am a member of CANSCAIP, the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers.

My images are represented internationally by Comstock Inc., which is one of North America’s largest and oldest stock photography agents. Please click here to see a copy of my promotional page which was featured in the Creative Source media index.

If my services are of interest to you, please feel free to contact me at your earliest convenience. I look forward to serving you in the future.

Sincerely,

Bill Belsey

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