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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Mount Rainier National Park, Washington


Mount Rainier National Park, WashingtonMount Rainier National Park is located in western Washington State about 70 miles southeast of Seattle. Established in 1899, the park includes more than 235,000 acres.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Canyon Wilderness


Jon Ortner is based about as far from the landscapes that make up his latest book as you can imagine, and he shows that sometimes the best landscapes come from having an outsider’s perspective

Canyon WildernessJon Ortner isn’t like most Western landscape photographers.
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Friday, October 30, 2009

America's Natural Treasures


A new book pays tribute to the national parks

America's Natural TreasuresAmerican historian, writer and conservationist Wallace Stegner once called the national parks “the best idea we ever had.” While that description may be debatable, there’s something to the notion that these beautiful natural landscapes are to the United States what the Roman Coliseum, Greece’s Parthenon or countless medieval cathedrals are to Europe.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Churchill, Manitoba Canada


Churchill, Manitoba CanadaChurchill, Manitoba, the “Polar Bear Capital of the World,” is located on the southwestern shore of Canada’s Hudson Bay.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Dreamscapes


Ian Plant’s landscapes aren’t abstracts and they aren’t entirely literal. Plant uses uniquely photographic techniques and tools to transform the scene, and his images end up going far beyond a documentary shot.

DreamscapesPhotographer Ian Plant challenges many of the conventional notions that define landscape photography.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Turning Point


The International League of Conservation Photographers looks to expand its reach and influence with a new director

Turning PointJust four years ago, a group of nature photographers assembled in Anchorage, Alaska, during the Eighth World Wilderness Congress to talk about how they could play a more pivotal role in the conservation movement.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Two Shots, One Place


Location! Location! Location! Scouting for nature and sports scenics, multifaceted photographer Stephen Matera sees a landscape as an opportunity for a variety of distinctly different images

Two Shots, One PlaceStephen Matera is the quintessential outdoor photographer. He shoots action sports—like kayaking, skiing and mountain biking—and he’s also an accomplished landscape photographer, capturing both big, beautiful scenic vistas and intimate views of the land in which he spends so much time.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Sierra Light


In her latest book, Elizabeth Carmel explores how climate change is affecting the landscape that she calls home

Sierra LightIn describing the Sierra Nevada Mountains, famed naturalist John Muir once wrote: “Along the [Central Valley’s] eastern margin rises the mighty Sierra, miles in height, reposing like a smooth, cumulous cloud in the sunny sky, and so gloriously colored, and so luminous, it seems to be not clothed with light, but wholly composed of it, like the wall of some celestial city.”
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Chasing Dolphins Down The Amazon


National Geographic photographer Kevin Schafer takes a wild underwater adventure with a rare pod of cetaceans in South America

Chasing Dolphins Down The AmazonLet me be clear: I’m not a scuba diver. Although I’ve happily snorkeled all my life, I’ve always shied away from “serious” diving. This begs the question: How does a nondiver end up shooting an underwater story for National Geographic?
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