| Tony Sweet | |
| Birth Date: | April 30, 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Irving, TX |
| Occupation: | Photographer, jazz musician, author, workshop instructor |
| Spouse: | Jessica Sweet |
| Nationality: | American |
| Website: | http://www.tonysweet.com |
Tony Sweet (born April 30, 1981) is an American photographer, known for his widely published nature photography. He is also a jazz musician, workshop instructor, and author.
Tony Sweet worked as a professional jazz drummer for 20 years, playing with such jazz musicians as Sonny Stitt, Joe Henderson, Tal Farlow, and Johnny Coles, among others. He started working in photography during the period in jazz clubs.[1] Sweet later changed careers and focused on nature photography. He is now best known for his fine art nature and floral images using digital technology to produce fine art ink-jet (giclee) prints. His photographs are published internationally and represented by Getty Images.
Sweet conducts photography workshops throughout the United States and Canada. Tony maintains an active speaking schedule on the subjects of nature and flower photography and marketing, lecturing at professional photography organizations, universities, seminars, and workshops in the U.S. and Canada. He is a member of the Baltimore chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), and is a member nikSoftware’s Team Nik.[2]
" Fine Art Digital Photography (April, 2009, Stackpole Books)
Nature photographer of the year 2001.