Canadian wildlife photographer dies

A Manitoban whose images of polar bears, musk ox, beluga whales, great grey owls and prairie bison made him one of North America’s foremost wildlife photographers has died.

Robert Taylor, who was 73, died of cancer last week in Winnipeg.

Taylor was part of a small group that helped start polar bear tourism in northern Manitoba.

His images have appeared in many national and international magazines, including Equinox, International Wildlife, Life and Canadian Geographic.

He published several books on the Manitoba landscape, the area around Hudson Bay and the great grey owl, an animal that, along with polar bears, became a lifelong obsession. He is one of the few photographers to be accepted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.