Loren McIntyre, was an American photojournalist who worked extensively in South America.
12 Facts About Loren McIntyre
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Loren McIntyre has numerous books to his credit, including The Incredible Incas and Their Timeless Land, Exploring South America, Amazonia, and Die Amerikanische Reise.
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Loren Alexander McIntyre was born in Seattle, Washington in 1917, and grew up in Seattle's Seward Park neighborhood.
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Loren McIntyre attended Seattle's Cleveland High School, and later graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied Latin American culture.
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Loren McIntyre attended the Universidad San Marcos in Lima, Peru, where he studied ethnology and became fluent in both Spanish and Portuguese.
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Loren McIntyre wrote and illustrated Amazonia for the Sierra Club, and a biography of Alexander von Humboldt, Die Amerikanische Reise, published in Germany.
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Loren McIntyre's travels figured in Amazon Beaming, by Petru Popescu.
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Loren McIntyre was co-writer, co-producer and location adviser for the IMAX film Amazon, a 1997 Academy Award nominee for best documentary short.
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Forty-nine of Loren McIntyre's photographs appeared in the book that accompanied the exhibition, In the Jungle, One Afternoon.
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In 1971 the National Geographic Society sent a three-man expedition, headed by Loren McIntyre, to locate the precise headwaters of the Amazon River.
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Loren McIntyre lived with his wife Sue for many years in South America, primarily Peru.
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Loren McIntyre was survived by his wife, two sons, and two grandchildren.