Tony Bynum is a Montana-based photographer, media professional, scientist, and conservationist. Current projects include working on a long-term project about real conflicts in Western resources management in his home state of Montana. Right now, he’s back and forth from the Highlands of Scotland co-producing and photographing a documentary-style film about the rural people of the Scottish Highlands, climate change, politics, and the changing landscapes.

Tony holds a Master of Science in Resource Management degree (watershed restoration), an undergraduate degree in Geography and Land Studies, and a minor in Environmental Studies. Tony is an enrolled member of the federally recognized Confederated Tribes and Bands of Grand Ronde (Oregon). During a successful career as a senior tribal environmental scientist for the Yakama Nation, Tony accepted a two-year special assignment to the EPA in Washington, D.C., and was the special assistant to the Assistant Administrator, and later became the Acting Senior Indian Program Manager. Tony then moved to Montana to raise a family.

Tony became a senior Environmental Scientist and project manager for Portage Environmental for the next five years. In this Native-owned corporation, he managed EPA scientific studies across Indian Country in the lower 48 and Alaska. He also managed media and strategic planning projects for several tribes in Montana and Alaska. The Secretary of the Interior appointed Tony to the Bureau of Land Management’s Central Montana Resource Advisory Council (RAC), a federal advisory council, where he served for three years, one as the Chairman. Tony is considered an expert in Federal Tribal Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management in Indian Country. Tony has worked in various roles on numerous conservation projects in Montana and Idaho that have helped protect and enhance millions of acres of public land.

Tony’s photography business began in Washington, D.C., and later grew in Montana to become his full-time pursuit. He combined his science, policy, and love of the outdoors in Montana and created a conservation-based photography business. Since 2006, Tony has produced images on over 300 magazine and book covers. Hundreds of his pictures are seen annually in newspapers, national advertisements, annual reports, book covers, art galleries, and dozens of outdoor publications. He’s covered front-page stories for the Washington Post. He’s traveled the world creating images for some of the biggest brands in the outdoor space. As a conservationist, Tony regularly works with nonprofit organizations, collaborates on documentaries, works as a film scout, and speaks on conservation, photography, and the business of photography. Tony’s fine art, wildlife, and landscape photography can be seen and purchased. Finally, Tony’s photography assets include the very specialized skill of U.S. Senate campaign photography, including dozens of tandem shoots, where both stills and video are captured on the same set.

Tony is the most recent past president of the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA). His favorite pastime is exploring the wild outdoors with his family and friends. Photographing the band Perl Jam in Missoula, MT, remains one of his most memorable photographic highlights. Tony thinks the most important aspect of producing for his clients is to have multiple plans and be ready to execute the plan that WILL get the job done right!