Carl Galie is a landscape photographer now residing in Winston-Salem, N.C. His photography career began in 1991 when he began doing nature photography on a part-time basis while staying home to raise his two youngest daughters. Photographing on weekends, he began to build his portfolio, and in October 1992, he was offered a contract by Picturesque, a stock agency located in Raleigh, N.C.

Through Picturesque, his photography has been used in advertising by Husqvarna, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, and RJR Nabisco, to name a few. In addition to advertising, Carl’s photography has appeared in Outdoor & Travel Photography Magazine, Woman's World Magazine, and National Geographic's Scenic Highways and Byways.

Through his own marketing efforts he has had his work published by the University of North Carolina Press, Outside Magazine, Ducks Unlimited magazine, and Backpacker magazine. Georgia Pacific Corporation used his photography in a national ad campaign to promote their Proterra line of recycled paper. The Sierra Club, Audubon, and BrownTrout Publishing have also used his images in their calendars. Currently Carl’s photography of the Roanoke River Basin is being used in publications produced by The Nature Conservancy, Wildlife In North Carolina, Orion Afield magazine, the North Carolina Aquarium, Roanoke Canal Museum, Roanoke River Partners, and The National Park Service.

In addition to his commercial and stock photography Carl’s fine art prints can be found in many private collections. In 1993 he became an exhibiting member of Associated Photographers of Winston-Salem and is currently an exhibiting member of Associated Artists of Winston-Salem. In 1993 began exhibiting his work in national juried art shows in North Carolina. His work has also appeared in the Natural World Photographic Exhibit at The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pa for the years 1994 through 1996. The Fiber Company in Winston-Salem, NC and the Lee Hansley gallery in Raleigh, NC are currently representing Carl’s work.
 
In 1995 he received an Emerging Artist Grant from the Winston-Salem, Forsyth County Arts Council, and the North Carolina Arts Council to photograph the Roanoke River Basin for the purpose of publishing a book. Vision Quest, A Visual Journey Through North Carolina's LowerRoanokeRiver Basin, published by Red Maple Press is the result of that project. An exhibition of prints from the book opened in Winston-Salem at the Salem College Fine Art Center Gallery in August 1999. The traveling exhibit has hung in a number of colleges and private galleries across North Carolina until it was donated to The Nature Conservancy in 2002.

From 1998 through 1999 Carl taught a continuing education course in Nature photography at Rockingham Community College. From 2000 to 2002 he taught The Art of Nature Photography at the Sawtooth Center for Visual Art in Winston-Salem, NC. Carl is a featured artist for the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation and is currently serving as the past president of the board of directors of Associated Artists of Winston-Salem.

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