Ron van Dongen is one of the most recognized and respected photographers of botanical studies working today. He brings a fresh, contemporary approach to botanical illustration. He was born in Judibana, Venezuela in 1961, and raised in the heartland of floral agriculture in Warmond, the Netherlands. He later studied health science and biology at the Nederlandse Leraren Opleiding in Delft, the Netherlands. In 1989 he moved to San Francisco, California to study photography at the Academy of Art. Ron Van Dongen Photography
Ron Van Dongen Photography