Raymond Bial

Name:	Raymond Bial
Location:	Urbana United States 61801
Contact:	Initial contact by email: ray@raybial.com Send Raymond Bial a message

Additional Info:	Raymond Bial (pronounced Beal) is the author and photo-illustrator of more than hundred critically-acclaimed books for children and adults, including Amish Home, Frontier Home, The Underground Railroad, Where Lincoln Walked, Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side, Nauvoo: Mormon City on the Mississippi River, The Super Soybean, and many others. A skilled photographer, he works with ease in both color and in black and white. Working with both film cameras and digital equipment, he is best known for his versatility in portraiture, landscapes, and still lifes, and his sensitivity toward the people, places, and objects portrayed in his images. The subjects of Raymond’s books range from farm life to American social and cultural history. Appealing to young and old alike, his books are ideal choices for parents, grandparents, teachers, and librarians to share with children. His most recent photo-essays are Ellis Island: Coming to the Land of Liberty and Nauvoo: Mormon City on the Mississippi River published by Houghton-Mifflin and The Super Soybean published by Albert Whitman. He has also written three popular collections of mystery fiction for children: The Fresh Grave and Other Ghostly Stories and The Ghost of Honeymoon Creek and most recently Shadow Island: A Tale of Lake Superior. His books have received numerous awards from the American Library Association, National Council of Teachers of English, Children’s Book Council, and many other organizations.
Fees:	$ 100.00 Dollars Per Hour Raymond most often works on assignment on a day rate.
Specialisms:	Artistic Photography, Commercial Photography, Events / Functions, Portrait Photography