The Living Wild
by Art Wolfe
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Nearly 400 photos taken by renowned nature photographer Wolfe capture more than 140 species of wildlife in their natural habitats. "A Ulysses for the New Millenium", Art Wolfe's personal odyssey started with a photograph of a Florida panther, one of North America's rarest animals (less than 50 remaining in the wild), & ended over three years later with a photograph of a polar bear cub fresh from the den, taking its first tentative steps on spring snow. The journey to capture on film the show more world's most spectacular animals took him four times around the world (in a lot more than 80 days each time) & to every continent (most more than once) & over 40 different countries including Mongolia three times (without ever seeing the snow leopard he sought). However, the Bornean bay cat, never before photographed alive, did not escape his lens! His travels also included most every means imaginable: safari vehicle, horse, camel, kayak, helicopter, private & commercial jet, ultra-light, dugout canoe, elephant, fins with scuba tank, and, of course, on foot. Despite 25 years of photographing in the wild, Art compiled a list of personal firsts during this mission: learning to scuba dive-in the frigid Puget Sound in October-in order to photograph humpback whales in Tonga & great white sharks in South Africa, photographing tigers, jaguars & cougars in the wild, & visiting countries like India & Iceland. The less intrepid explorer can experience it all in Art's premier book, The Living Wild. Together the more than 140 different species, worthy of a Noah's Ark, present the case for just how much is at stake, why we should care enough to act, & why there really is reason for hope. show lessTags
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Art Wolfe was born on September 13, 1951 in Seattle, Washington. He received a bachelor's degree in fine arts and arts education from the University of Washington in 1975. His first book, Indian Baskets of the Northwest Coast, was published in 1978. He has been a photographer for the numerous magazines including National Geographic, Smithsonian, show more Audubon, GEO, and Terre Sauvage. His photographs have appeared in several exhibitions. He has published over 80 books including The High Himalaya, Water: Worlds between Heaven and Earth, Tribes, Rainforests of the World, Pacific Northwest, Land of Light and Water, Light on the Land, Migrations, The Living Wild, Africa, Human Canvas, and Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky. His children's titles include O Is for Orca and Animal Action Alphabet. He has received numerous awards including the Outstanding Nature Photographer of the Year Award from the North American Nature Photography Association, the first ever Rachel Carson Award from the National Audubon Society, and the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography in Nature and Environment. In 2000, he founded the publishing company Wildlands Press. He has also worked on several television shows including On Location with Art Wolfe, Techniques of the Masters, American Photo Safari, and Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Art & Design, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 590 — Natural sciences & mathematics Animals Animals
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- QL45.2 .W66 — Science Zoology Zoology General
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