John Sylvester is an internationally published photographer based in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He specializes in photographing the people and places of Canada, with an emphasis on the Atlantic region. He divides his time equally between stock photography and assignments for editorial, advertising, corporate and government clients.

Stock Photography – John’s ever expanding library of stock photography – with over 80,000 images – features extensive coverage of Canada’s four Atlantic Provinces: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador, plus selective coverage from Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories. International travel includes images from Cuba, Europe and the United States. A detailed subject list is available. All images are available as digital files (up to 60 MB file size). 

Assignments – John’s assignment work appears regularly in magazines, annual reports, corporate brochures and advertising campaigns.

Editorial clients include: Coastal Living, Yankee, Country Gardens, Ranger Rick, Our Canada, Canadian Gardening, Canadian Living, Canadian Geographic, Readers Digest, UP!, Explore, Saltscapes, Imperial Oil Review, Country, Harrowsmith Country Life, National, TIME, Backbone and National Post Business Magazine.

Corporate and government clients include: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Tourism Prince Edward Island, Parks Canada, The University of Prince Edward Island, The Nature Conservancy of Canada, National Research Council, Atlantic Lottery Corporation, Canada Post, Atlantic Turbines, Health Canada, Aliant and Atlantis Bioactive.

Awards - John is a three time winner of the Canadian Tourism Commission's Northern Lights Award for Excellence in Travel Journalism and Photography. His most recent award was presented April 22, 2009, during Canada Media Marketplace in New York City, for his photography illustrating the feature story, “Of Ice and Men,” (see "Published") about Newfoundland’s northern peninsula, which appeared in the June 2008 issue of COASTAL LIVING magazine. 

Nature's Best: www.naturesbestphotography.com

– 2010 Ocean Views photography competition; "Highly Honored" for "Iceberg, Fogo Island, Newfoundland" 

– 2008 Ocean Views photography competion: "Highly Honored" for "Icebergs in fog, Quirpon Island, Newfoundland." 

B&W Spider Awards 2010 – Two images from John's "icebergs in fog" series have been awarded prizes in the B&W Spider Awards,  "icebergs and fog (1)" received Honorable Mention in the Nature category and "icebergs in fog (2)" a nominee. 

News – Hear John talking about some of his nature and wildlife images in the Nature Conservancy of Canada's Aperture – Artists Series: Click Here