Photograph Alaska? Where would you begin? Alaska, America's Wildest State is the Alaska of your dreams. John Schwieder includes over 150 of his best landscape and wildlife images. From polar bears to puffins, from solstice to snowflakes, Schwieder's eight year photographic odyssey captures our wildest state in all seasons. Travel with Schwieder by foot and by boat, across tundra and down rivers, up mountains and over glaciers. Journey to each of Alaska's eight major national parks, from Alaska's wild coast to its vast interior and finally to the Arctic Slope. Image Indexes feature photographic descriptions, including geographic, biologic and other natural phenomena as well as notes on photography technique. Schwieder s long history as an Alaskan climbing guide, commercial fisherman, and backcountry adventurer has uniquely informed his approach to photographing Alaska. Meanwhile Schwieder's quiet, respectful nature reveals his own intimate interpretation of the spirit and emotion of wild Alaska.
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John Schwieder is a full time photographer living in Anchorage, Alaska. He has worked as a Denali climbing guide, commercial fisherman, and medivac flight paramedic. John lived full time in Alaska in the early 1980's, then back and forth from Colorado. John returned as a full time resident in 2005 to complete this book. John's photographs have appeared in ÂpublicaÂtions by National Geographic Adventure, Alaska magazine, Alaska Geographic, Inside / Outside, ÂCanoe, Alaska Milepost, The Nature Conservancy, Natural Resources Defense Council, Alaska ÂWilderness League, Outdoor Photographer, Patagonia, Paddler magazine, and in the book , Alaska: Portrait of a State by Graphic Arts Books. Alaska, America's Wildest State is John's first solo book. Fine art limited edition photographs, prints on Âcanvas, books, and stock photography are available at John's website
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I'll add my words to what the other reviews have said. I've seen books by countless photographers here in Alaska, and many are quite good (my shelf runneth over). This one, however, rises above even the best of those available. It's my absolute favorite.
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The book is a self-published endeavor. The presentation flawless, and the content beautiful. Portfolio chapters include: Coastal, Interior, Arctic, an Image Index (which, for metadata nerds like myself, gives you a short story behind each photograph. Including the occasional photographic insight.), and a short section on Photographing Alaska. The colors are beautiful and consistent with the photographic prints I have seen of his work, the mark of a true color accuracy perfectionist. There are over 150 photographs in the book, and although the majority of them contain wildlife in the image, you will also find many striking landscape photographs. Intimate animal portraits, animals in their environment, and grand landscapes literally jumping off the page(s) just screaming to be explored. You will look out over glaciers and glacial fjords, see the stunning view of Denali reflecting in Wonder Lake, watch whale tails slapping against cold waters and exhaling mist into the clear Alaskan air. You can get an intimate view of a puffin standing precariously on the edge of a sheer cliff above crashing waves, see the power of brown bear on the Katmai coast, and almost feel the rumbling of several hundred hooves striking the ground as a herd of caribou cross a river in the far north. This is Alaska, intimate, and in grand scale.
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Alaska, the Last Frontier!,
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This photographer has captured the essence of Alaska in this collection of photos. Great gift for any lover of Alaska!
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