[1] The Edge of Africa was his first book, a result of eight months in the tropical rain forests of Gabon.
[1] Ward was featured in Popular Photography Magazine as part of a profile of three photographers working to save "vanishing America".
Ward is also the lead photographer and central figure in the 2022 documentary Path of the Panther, which focuses on his efforts to protect the endangered Florida panther and its habitat through the Florida Wildlife Corridor initiative.
[2] Ward is a founding fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.
Additionally, Ward is a great-grandson of Florida's 25th governor, Doyle E. Carlton.