Art Wolfe

www.artwolfe.com

Art Wolfe was born in Seattle, Washington in 1951.  He graduated from the University of Washington with Bachelor’s degrees in fine arts and art education. Within the first four years after graduating, Wolfe had done assignments for National Geographic magazine and produced his first photo book. He has released more than 65 photo books and instructional videos of photographic techniques. Wolfe has gotten many awards, such as the Rachel Carson Award, The National Audubon Society in 1998, Photographer of the Year by Photo Media Magazine in 1996 and the Alfred Eisenstaedt Magazine Photography Award in 2000.

            Art’s role in the photographic world is to show everyone else in the world what a beautiful planet we live on and that we need to preserve it. His goal is that when people look at his work, they see the natural beauty of our planet and they will want to save it.

            When Art is shooting, he likes to travel very light. He uses Canon’s 1DS, 1DS Mk 2 and 1DS Mk 3, which has 21.1 megapixels. He only uses a few lenses, such as telephoto. Art is very passionate about wildlife, so a lot of his work is wildlife. He has traveled to every continent. With his passion for wildlife, his images show some of the world’s fast-disappearing wildlife, landscapes and native cultures. His goal is shooting wildlife and the Earth is to win support for conservation issues by “focusing on what’s beautiful on the Earth” (www.artwolfe.com).

            Art Wolfe’s work really interests and inspires me. I’ve always dreamed of working for National Geographics. His work is the kind of work I hope I can produce someday. I am very much into wildlife and the environment like Art, and I want to show the world how special our planet is and that we have to save it.

            Art’s work has a variety of colors. They are bright and vibrant. None of the colors are too bright to make them seem out of place. They are natural looking. He uses a variety of colors to show that our Earth is full of vibrant colors.  To me, the color in his work makes me feel calm or happy because I think our planet is a beautiful place and everything in it is wonderful.

Posted by Stephanie Aldrich