Art Wolfe
- Not to be confused with Art Wolff.
Art Wolfe is an American photographer, television host, conservationist, photography teacher and artist. He is most notably known for his color photographs of wildlife, nature and cultures.
Image manipulation
About one of every ten images in Wolfe's 1994 book Migrations are digital manipulations, including cloning to create additional animals in ensemble shots. These manipulations are mentioned in the book's text. It clearly states in the eighth paragraph of the introduction on the second page. "Since this is an art book and not a treatise on natural history, I find the use of digitalization perfectly acceptable, and in a small percentage of photographs I have enhanced the patterns of animals much as a painter would do on a canvas." Art Wolfe[1] In his public lectures Wolfe acknowledged the manipulations, but maintained that they were minimal - such as removal of a few animals falling out of pattern in a huge herd, or filling small gaps with clones. He also notes that the manipulation, which he calls "digital art", was mentioned in the introduction to the book.
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)
Awards
- National Outdoor Book Award (Design and Artistic Merit), Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky, 2004
- National Outdoor Book Award (Design and Artistic Merit), The Living Wild, 2001
- Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography, April 2000
- 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
See also
References
- ^ "Photography in the Age of Falsification - Atlantic Monthly". 1998. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98may/photo.htm.
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