Gary Dwyer first studied photography at Syracuse University where he earned simultaneous degrees in Landscape Architecture and Fine Arts. In 1987 he photographed two climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. In 1992 He photographed the Botanical Survey Project on Baffin Island, Northwest Territories in the Canadian Arctic and in 1994 documented World Heritage Sites for UNESCO in Vietnam. In 2005, while a Resident Artist at the American Academy in Rome, he photographed Architecture in Danger of Disappearing in Italy, for The World Monuments Fund. The Work was published in their magazine (Icon) and exhibited at their galleries in Paris and New York. His work has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC, the Oakland Museum in California and is in the collection of La Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. His books are available on blurb.com and lulu.com