The Last of the Least and the Best of the Rest: An Interview with Larry Master

An interview with Larry Master, conducted and edited by Liz Thompson.Larry Master is a conservation biologist, a zoologist, and, in his retirement, a conservation photographer. He has been photographing wildlife and natural history subjects for more than 70 years. After doctoral and postdoctoral studies at the University of Michigan, Larry spent 20 years with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and six years with NatureServe, most of that time as their Lead Zoologist. Read more about Larry and his work at his artist profile. Larry resides in Keene, New York, and West Cornwall, Connecticut.Read the full interview transcript here. Discover additional content in the Summer 2026 Issue of From the Ground Up.