Artist Research - Art Wolfe

Art was born on 13^th September 1951 in Seattle, Washington.  He was the son of commercial artists.  He graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor’s degree in fine arts and art education.  Within 4 years of graduation, he had undertaken assignments for National Geographic magazine and produced his 1^st photo book documenting Norwest Indian baskets.

Art has since gone on to produce more than 65 photo books and instructional videos of photographic techniques.  Roughly one in ten images of Arts 1994 book Migrations was discovered to have been digitally fabricated.  This included cloning to create additional animals in ensemble shots.  He calls this technique ‘digital art’.

Over the course of his 30 year career, Art has worked on every continent and in 100’s of locations.  His stunning images record the world’s fast diminishing wildlife, landscapes and native cultures.  His photographs are recognised throughout the world for their mastery of colour, composition and perspective.

Art Wolfe

Art has taken an estimates one million images in his lifetime and has released over 60 books including the award winning Vanishing Act, The High Himalaya, Rainforests of the World to name but a few.  He has won many awards including Photographic Society of America’s Progress Medal for his contribution to the advancement of the art and science of photography.

I wish that I was this man.  All of the continents that he’s visited and all of the wildlife etc that he has photographed.  His images portray a wealth of colour, they just bounce out of the screen at you.  I spent quite a while looking at his photographs, most of his better shots could not be copied into my blog.  If I could take photographs and manipulate them a small percentage as good as Art, I would be happy!