Paulette Donnellon

Award-winning photographer Paulette Donnellon passionately captures nature and wildlife as a hobby.

Paulette Donnellon, an award-winning photographer, passionately captures images of nature and wildlife as a hobby. Her photograph of an Eastern Collared Lizard graces the 2024 America the Beautiful National Park Pass. This was the result of winning the grand prize award in the National Parks Foundation Share the Experience competition in which over 8000 images throughout the United States were submitted. Additionally, she earned the title of California Wildlife Photo of the Year for 2023, with an image of 4 comical Burrowing Owls, and received honors in the State Capital on the floor of the Senate. She also emerged triumphant in the 2023 Americas State Parks Photography competition, securing victory in the wildlife category with an image of an Antelope Ground Squirrel taken in Anza Borrego Desert State Park.