Art Wolfe

Excerpt from The New Art of Photographing Nature

“A common mistake many photographers make is finding a subject they really like, but then failing to spend time refining the image. Often, there is a shot within a shot within a shot–...

The past few months have taken me across an extraordinary range of landscapes, cultures, and wildlife—from the windswept expanses of Patagonia to the autumn color of New Zealand’s South Island, from the familiar forests and shorelines of the Pacific Northwest to the remarkable biodiversity of Madagascar. Each destination offered its own rhythm: the quiet presenc...

The Print Is Why

A powerful image begins in the field with light, composition, patience, and the willingness to keep seeing the world in new ways. Whether I am photographing wildlife, landscapes, cultures, or abstract patterns in nature, I approach each subject with the eye of an artist and the curiosity of an explorer.

But the final expression of that work happens in pr...