Art Wolfe was born on September 13th 1951 in Seattle, Washington. He is a photographer, TV show host and conservationist. The theme of his photos are generally natural landscapes, animals in the wild, and capturing foreign culture. He filmed a travel show that aired on American Public Television titled "Travels to The Edge with Art Wolfe." There is an art gallery that features his work in Seattle and he enjoys visiting Oregon both for photography and the reception he gets.
He is a conservationist and use many of his photos to promote conserving natural environments.He also enjoys photographing the native culture of the places he travels. Some of his later work revolves around body paint after his encounters with the practice in different cultures.
Throughout his career he has traveled all over the world for both his TV show and photography efforts. He recently started encouraging donations to relief efforts supporting Nepal after the recent earthquake disasters.
He has published 16 books and his television show ran for a total of 39 episodes, distributed by American Public Television. He is a major supporter of various charity programs and nature conservation programs.
Though he has been criticized for using Photoshop to make corrections to some of his pictures, Wolfe avidly defends his choice to do so. He considers Photoshop an important tool in his arsenal for fixing mistakes commonly made when photographing the natural world. Some example he has cited involve removing telephone poles or stray branches from otherwise well composed shots.
One of his most notable controversies was a picture of a stone arch in Utah in which he used double exposure to enhance the size of the moon in the picture from the size of a pinprick to the size of a dime. Due to an editing error, the caption forgot to mention the use of a longer lens. Some of his long exposure shots that involve stars spinning around the sky have also come under scrutiny.
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