From wildlife to the human canvas and beyond: Art Wolfe at TEDxRainier

The amazingly expansive range of work by Art Wolfe shows how a lifelong artist can evolve creatively throughout his lifetime. From snapping powerful shots of wildlife to painting and photographing people naked in stark settings, Art Wolfe explores his evolution as an artist, and how inspiration can strike at the most unlikely times (and even unlikelier places).

He has published over eighty books including the award-winning Vanishing Act, The High Himalayas, Water; Worlds Between Heaven & Earth, Tribes, Rainforests of the World, The Art of Photographing Nature, Pacific Northwest, Land of Light and Water as well as numerous children's books. He founded Wildlife Press which published much of his signature award-winning work. In 2007 he made his public television debut with Art Wolfe's Travels To The Edge. The 13 episode first season garnered the American Public Television 2007 Programming Excellence Award. The second season garnered five Silver Telly awards for Outstanding Achievement.

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