Art Wolfe
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Art Wolfe is an American photographer noted for his color photographs of wildlife and nature, and his advocacy of wildlife conservation.
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[edit] Photography career
Wolfe's parents were both commercial artists in Seattle, Washington. Wolfe graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington. Within three years of graduation, Wolfe had done assignments for National Geographic magazine and produced his first photo book documenting Northwest Indian baskets.
Wolfe's approach to nature photography combines elements of photojournalism and art photography. Wolfe lists his major influences as Ernst Haas and Eliot Porter. Wolfe has released more than 65 photo books and instructional videos of photographic techniques. The U.S. Postal Service has used Wolfe's photographs on two stamps.
He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and serves on the advisory boards for the Wildlife Conservation Society, Nature’s Best Foundation, Bridges to Understanding, and is a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers ILCP.
Wolfe's latest endeavor is the public television series "Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe".
[edit] Books
- On Puget Sound (2007, Sasquatch Books, Seattle)
- Vanishing Act (2005, Bulfinch Press, NYC)
- Smithsonian Answer Book: Cats (2004, Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC)
- Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky (2003, Wildlands Press, Seattle)
- Animal Action ABC (2003, Handprint Books, NYC)
- High Himalaya (2001, Mountaineers Books, Seattle)
- Africa (2001, Wildlands Press, Seattle)
- The Living Wild (2000, Wildlands Press, Seattle)
- Rainforests of the World: Water, Fire, Earth and Air (1998, Crown Publishers, NYC)
- Tribes (1997, Clarkson N. Potter, NYC)
- Wasser: Welten zwischen Himmel und Erde (1997, Frederking & Thaler Verlag, Munich)
- Migrations (1994, Beyond Words Publishing, Hillsboro, Oregon)
- The Art of Photographing Nature (1993, Crown Publishers, NYC)
- Endangered Peoples (1993, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco)
- Light On the Land (1991, Beyond Words Publishing, Hillsboro, Oregon)
[edit] Awards
- Alfred Eisenstaedt Magazine Photography Award, April 2000 Wolfe
- Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year, 1998, by the North American Nature Photography Association
- Photographer of the Year by Photo Media magazine, 1996
- Rachel Carson Award, The National Audubon Society, 1998
