Introducing Art Wolfe’s Wilderness Scent

Drawing upon his native home of Seattle, Washington, Art Wolfe has personally harvested the fir, salal berries, and cedar bark that are the essence of this audacious fragrance.  This is a must for any Northwestern male, or any man who wants to smell of the Northwest.  Be bold, be woodsy, be wild.

Special Introductory Offer!

Wilderness Scent Eau de Toilette Spray $69.95.

You’re diamonds, babe!

New! Art Wolfe’s Wilderness Scent
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NIK Software AdSilver Efex Pro 2

May 2011 Shutterbug Magazine
NIK Software Ad

The May edition of Shutterbug magazine has an ad with Art Wolfe’s image from Huangshan.  Art uses the latest version of NIK Software’s Silver Efex Pro 2 to get the very most out of his Black & White images.

For more info about their other great products, go to NIK Software.

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Workshop participant:Vaughn Hart

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Vaughn Hart traveled with Art to Japan last month. To see more of his photos visit http://picasaweb.google.com/vaughnhart

“Traveling to Japan with Art was a trip I had been wishing to do ever since I saw his Travels to the Edge show on Japan several years ago. This trip exceeded my expectations. Traveling with Art, Gavriel, and our Japanese guides was simply outstanding. It was the hardest trip I have taken as we had to get up around 3 AM many nights to get to our location for sunrise. It was all worth it in the end. We got spectacular light and I feel I made some of my best images on this trip. Our timing for this trip was very fortunate. I arrived after the volcano erupted and left just a few weeks before the earthquake. I really got to see Japan at its best. The people were happy and extremely friendly and helpful. I also feel Art was an outstanding teacher who worked tirelessly everyday to help improve all of our photography.”

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EEAW Award!Planting Seeds

BLOG: Pelly Place – EEAW Award – Images by Art Wolfe

I am very proud to announce that the Urban Forestry Project, created by the Green Seattle Partnership in conjunction with Regalis, has won Environmental Education Association of Washington’s Community Catalyst Award. I worked on and photographed for this wonderful project with the students of Gatewood Elementary School and Chief Sealth International High School in West Seattle, my alma mater.  The catalyst project for the Urban Forestry Project was cleaning up and planting trees in the Pelly Place Natural Area with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. It was truly inspirational.
• The Green Seattle Partnership (GSP) is composed of Seattle-based entities including the Cascade Land Conservancy and Seattle Parks and Recreation. Under their leadership, grant funds were acquired from the US Forest Service with the stated purpose of creating a compelling program that would model educational learning objectives of the Seattle School District and integrate with Seattle Parks’ Environmental Learning Centers.
• The Urban Forestry Project (UFP) is a groundbreaking program that educates and empowers high school, middle, and elementary school students to explore urban forestry issues on lands adjacent to their schools and improve the health of their forests in a sustainable way. Students participate in real-world science by evaluating the habitat, forming a study hypothesis, designing their study, and implementing field investigations based on their research. The UFP provides significant and innovative opportunities for schools to meet state standards, especially in the STEM disciplines. The Urban Forestry Project incorporates multi-grade teaching that begins with high school students conducting scientific investigations that analyze the health of their local forests.

Web links:

http://eeaw.org/awards
http://www.regalis.biz/home.shtml
http://greenseattle.org/
http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/w.php?id=59
http://www.cascadeland.org/
http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/environment/learning.htm
http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/chiefsealth/
http://www.gatewoodelementary.org/

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DONATE!

Some people are calling us to see who we donate to for aid to disaster-stricken countries. A few suggestions:

http://www.redcross.org/

http://www.worldvision.org/#/home/main/quake-tsunami-devastate-japan-1-1360

http://www.internationalmedicalcorps.org/

http://seattlejapanrelief.org/

Remember when donating, do your homework on any organization you are donating to, watch out for phony names, examine web addresses, and don’t pay in cash.

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A Very Special Birthday!

BLOG: National Wildlife Refuge Birthday – Images by Art Wolfe

The National Wildlife Refuge System celebrates its 108th birthday on March 14. On this date in 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge on Florida’s Pelican Island to protect wild birds from bounty hunters.

President Roosevelt would go on to protect 52 more areas as wildlife sanctuaries before leaving office. Today, the Refuge System’s 553 national wildlife refuges and 38 wetland management districts support at least 700 species of birds, 220 mammals, 250 reptiles and amphibians, more than 1,000 species of fish and countless invertebrates and plants.

http://www.fws.gov/refuges/

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Yoga InternationalThe Kumbha Mela

Grace Of The Ganga - Yoga Journal

Yoga International’s* Spring 2011 issue has a wonderful personal account by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait on the Kumbha Mela.  They have selected Art Wolfe’s images to accompany the story. Pick this up at the newstand now, or CLICK HERE for a PDF of the article.

If you care to see more of Art’s images of this remarkable human event, have a look at the slide show below.

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Kumbh Mela in Haridwar – Images by Art Wolfe

*Yoga International is an award-winning, independent magazine that contemplates the deeper dimensions of spiritual life—exploring the power of yoga practice and philosophy to not only transform our bodies and minds, but inspire meaningful engagement in our society, environment, and the global community.

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The Annenberg Space for Photography

The Annenberg Space for Photography

For those of you in Los Angeles, you are invited to a special slide show event at the Annenberg Space for Photography on the evening of Thursday, March 3rd, 2011.  Slideshow Night is dedicated to the talents of photographers and photojournalists around the world & complement the current exhibit “Extreme Exposure”.

For further information, please visit http://www.annenbergspaceforphotography.org/events/slideshow_night.asp

Photographic works of the following photographers will be featured:

Amy Gulick
Art Wolfe
Benjamin Drummond
Claudio Contreras Koob
Chris Linder
Garth Lenz
Gary Braasch
Gerrit Vyn
Heidi Bradner
Jed Weingarten
Jenny E. Ross
Jon Lowenstein
Kevin Schafer
Krista Schlyer
Magnus Elander
Matthias Breiter
Michael Ready
Pete Oxford
Peter McBride
Piotr Naskrecki
Rozarii Lynch
Stefano Unterthiner
Steve Winter
Tammy Cromer-Campbell
Theo Allofs
Tim Matsui
Tom Wool
Uri Golman

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Sign Up Now for Lightroom 3 with Jay Goodrich

Do your raw images look like this? by Jay Goodrich
Do your raw images look like this? © Jay Goodrich

Have you ever wondered how to make your photographic life easier? Maybe you are not so sure of how to master an image on a global scale? Or on a targeted scale? Or what if you have 100, 1,000, or 10,000 images on you computer, but don’t know how to retrieve them in a matter of minutes when an editor calls? You need to start using Adobe’s Lightroom 3. One of the best image management/processing softwares available today. This May our workshop instructor Jay Goodrich is going to teach you how in a 2-day class that will answer all of the above questions and more.

What if you could create this with only Lightroom 3 by Jay Goodrich
What if you could create this with only Lightroom 3 © Jay Goodrich

The Lightroom 3 Workflow–This workshop is designed for all photographers who want to simplify their workflow and archiving processes. This class will focus on helping you use Lightroom to organize, optimize and output your images. Jay will guide you through the modules and show you ways to create workflows that streamline your image making process. He will share his own personal workflow and how he manages thousands of images. This is a class not to be missed. In addition, this course is being taught at the Art Wolfe Gallery in Downtown Seattle, Washington. Don’t delay this class has limited enrollment.
Dates : May14-15, 2011 Price : $395.00

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Happy Valentines Day!

BLOG: Valentines 2011 – Images by Art Wolfe

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