A collection of books with some great images to inspire you (or at least they do me).
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American Vision : Images by the Best of Today's Amateur Nature Photographers
by Bill Fortney, David Middleton, Wayne Lynch, John Shaw
Showcasing a collection of photos by amateur photographers, this book is the result of a competition sponsored by Outdoor Photographer magazine. Excellent photos by ordinary folks (no, I'm not in it) show you what can be done. With instructional text by Fortney, Lynch and Shaw.
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
by Subhankar Banerjee
From an environmental standpoint, this is one of the most important books to be published in some years. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) held it up on floor of the US Senate while introducing the amendment that stopped the oil drilling provision the bill on the Arctic Refuge. That day the Boxer-Chafee amendment won by 52-48 votes. The fight is not over yet though. Photographically, by the way, the book is outstanding. Subhankar has created an excellent body of work in this book.
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Big Sky: Wild West Panorama
by Tim Fitzharris
A very personal and stunning book of panoramas shot throughout the American west.
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Birds of Prey in the American West
by Tom Vezo, Richard Glinski
Tom Vezo is among the best bird photographers working today, and the stunning results in this book shows what he is capable of.
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Chased By The Light
by Jim Brandenburg
This amazing book is the result of a project taken on by Jim Brandenburg to take exactly one photo each day for ninety consecutive days. The photos are great, but the text puts it over the top by putting you inside his thought process. A minimalist three month journey of pure genius.
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Chased By The Light - A Video Journey With Jim Brandenburg (DVD)
by Jim Brandenburg
A 60-minute documentary on the making of Jim Brandenburg's excellent book "Chased by the Light." A deeply inspiring and personal journey. Also available on VHS.
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Dances With Light: Photographs Of The Canadian Rockies By Darwin Wiggett
by Darwin Wiggett
The best photo book on the Canadian Rockies out there. If you've been to the area (or wish you could go), you will enjoy this book.
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Daybreak 2000
by Roger Tefft (Editor)
With every photo taken between midnight and noon on New Year's day at the dawn of the millennium, this book stands as a tribute both to great photography and a record of the environment at this milestone in history. No, it really doesn't cover the entire planet, but it does cover most of it. Photographers were dispatched to the four corners with a supply of film and a limited time to shoot it.
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Desert: The Mojave and Death Valley
by Jack W. Dykinga
The southwest is nothing like the northwest where I live, but I really like Jack Dykinga's work. His care and attention to detail shows in each image. It's just a darned beautiful book.
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Edge of the Earth, Corner of the Sky
by Art Wolfe, Art Davidson
Art's new book is an amazing work, nine years in the making, with images from every corner of the globe, broken into sections by region — Desert, Ocean, Mountain, Forest, and Polar. In the art of capturing the light on the land, this book excels.
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Extreme Nature: Images from the World's Edge
by Bill Curtsinger
National Geographic photographer Bill Curtsinger has produced a body of work that I truly admire, even though I don't do underwater photography myself. The breadth and depth of converge is remarkable.
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Galen Rowell: A Retrospective
by Galen Rowell
Galen Rowell was a truly great photographic talent and visionary that is sorely missed. This retrospective captures many of his stunning images in a single volume.
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In the Land of Moab
by Tom Till
I don't shoot medium format, but I sure appreciate the beauty of the images Tom Till has captured with his 4x5 over the years. Arches National Park, Canyonlands, the La Sal Mountains, you name it, they're all here in all their glory.
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Jack Dykinga's Arizona
by Jack W. Dykinga
A beautiful collection of photos from Arizona. I've never shot in the state but came across this book and was quite pleased. I've always liked Dykinga's work, and this one is among his best.
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Life: A Journey Through Time
by Frans Lanting
The result of Frans Lanting's personal journey to photograph the evolution of life on earth has created an excellent book of images as well as some thought-provoking essays.
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Light on the Land
by Art Wolfe, Art Davidson
A celebration of light and the the beauty of the earth's wilderness encompasing all seven continents. As usual, Art captured some wonderfully good images for this book. Currently available only in hardcover, it is such a beautiful book that it's worth the cost.
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Looking for the Summer
by Jim Brandenburg
The sequel to Brandenburg's excellent "Chased By The Light," this book contains a single image from each day between From 21st and September 21st in a single year. Although he allowed himself to shoot more than one per day this time, the results are no less magical for the editing.
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Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape
by Galen Rowell
Capturing the essence of what made Galen Galen, Mountain Light is also the book that put him on the map. I remember reading it not long after it came out back in '84 or '85 and b eing truly amazed at what he was able to do with a camera. This is one of the books that got me started on nature photography as a means of communicating with the viewer.
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Primal Forces
by David Muench (Photographer), Marc Muench (Photographer), Michelle A. Gilders
Beautifully photographed by two generations of the Muench family, this book has a section each on "earth," "air," "fire," and "water." David and Marc have somewhat different styles, and that's one of the things that makes this book great as it shows two ways of approaching similar subjects.
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The Best of Nature Photography: Images and Techniques from the Pros
by Jen Bidner, Meleda Wegner
Somewhat light on the technique side in spite of the title, this book more than makes up for it with the breadth of it's coverage. Featuring some of the best work by 35 of today's best nature photographers (but no really big names), this book has an amazing variety of personal visions of the natural world.
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The Garden
by Freeman Patterson
Not only does this book contain some of the most beautiful images of flowers and gardens I've ever seen, it also accompanies each by short thoughtful essays on on topics both obviously and not so obviously related. A thought provoking read and a beautiful book.
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The Living Wild
by Art Wolfe, Michelle A. Gilders (Editor), William Conway (Introduction)
Art's latest book, like his others, is simply breathtaking in its scope and it's beauty. Focusing on the interaction between animal life and its environment the book is the byproduct of a three-year odyssey spanning the globe.
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