Art Wolfe
I choose Art Wolfe for my pictures of abstract photos that I like. Art Wolfe is not know as much for his abstract work as he is for his landscapes and animal images. I began to see his images 10 or more years ago and I really loved them. Many times he places himself in unusual vantage points for his images. I believe this is what has made his abstract work and all his work more interesting. His has traveled all over and has brought us images of places that most of us will never see. He opens us up to the world and all it's beauty.
Biography
Art Wolfe is an American photographer, television host, conservationist, photography teacher
and artist. He is most notably known for his color photographs of wildlife, nature and cultures. Wolfe's parents were both commercial artists in Seattle, Washington. Wolfe graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Washington. Within four years of graduation, Wolfe had done assignments for National Geographic magazine and produced his first photo book documenting Northwest Indian baskets.
Wolfe's approach to nature photography combines elements of photojournalism and art photography. Wolfe lists his major influences as Ernst Haas and Eliot Porter. Wolfe has released more than 65 photo books and instructional videos of photographic techniques. The U.S. Postal Service has used Wolfe's photographs on two stamps.
He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and serves on the advisory boards for the Wildlife Conservation Society, Nature’s Best Foundation, Bridges to Understanding, and is a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP).
Wolfe's latest endeavor is the public television series "Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge".[1] In the series Art shares his knowledge about the world around him and explores different places and cultures. "Travels to the Edge" is distributed by American Public Television. Art's influences were his parents because both were photographers.
Art Wolfe is a fantastic nature photographer, and also produced a nature photo how-to book which I've used when teaching classes for years (it's called The Art of Nature Photography and while it's a few years old and discusses only film photography, there's still a lot there that's highly useful). You've chosen some fantastic examples here to highlight. FYI, you don't need to make each week's writeup match up with the shooting assignment for the week, only if you want to :)
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