David Poe was born in Spirit Lake, Iowa in 1953. He studied photography and painting at the University of Northern Iowa and has taken photographs during his travels over the past 40 years. Poe’s work has been exhibited at the Waterloo Center for the Arts and the Hearst Center for the Arts and featured in several national publications:

"Smithsonian Magazine" — Cover Image, June 2004

"Cowboys & Indians Magazine" — Portrait Winner, Photo Contest, March 2008

"New Mexico Magazine" — First Place Color Winner, Photo Contest, January 2007

"Islands Magazine" — Honorable Mention, Photo Contest, May 2000

Epson — First Place Winner, Color Your World Photo Contest, 1998

Since 2006, Poe has created 36 photo books featuring his family and travels around the world, which can be viewed at

www.blurb.com/user/davidepoe

He lives and works in Cedar Falls, Iowa.