ABOUT
Based in Houston, Texas, Sam Mason has had a lifelong love of Nature. He also enjoys computers and technology, but Nature is far more reliable.
He currently attends the Full-time MBA program at Rice University and plans for a career in the solar energy industry, specifically using advances in nanotechnology material science.
Early readings in Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau led Sam to appreciate Nature as elemental to humanity.
He has been involved in conservation since the formation of the first Valley Land Fund Wildlife Photo Contest in 1994. In 2000 and 2002, he served as Assistant Director for that event.
From 2003 to 2006, he was Executive Director for the Images for Conservation Fund and coordinated its first Pro-Tour of Nature Photography. The event was held in the Texas Hill Country in April 2006 and awarded $160,000 in prize money to winning photographer-landowner teams.
Sam has a degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Virginia. He also has worked for many years with the composer, conductor and electronic music pioneer Gershon Kingsley in New York City.