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Ansel Adams Award For Conservation Photography
The Ansel Adams Award for Photography, formally called Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography, named in honor of American photographer Ansel Adams, is a photography award administered by the Sierra Club. The award "honor photographers who have used their talents in conservation efforts." List of recipients *1971 — Donald M. Bradburn *1972 — Beverly Steveson *1973 — Leonard Berkowitz (1919-2007) *1974 — Bruce Barnbaum *1976 — C. Scott Heppel *1978 — C.C. Lockwood *1981 — Ernie Day *1983 — Dewitt Jones *1984 — Galen Rowell *1985 — Tupper Ansel Blake *1986 — Robert M. Lindholm *1988 — Tom Algire *1989 — Robert Glenn Ketchum *1990 — Edward Schell *1991 — Stephen Trimble *1992 — J. D. Marston *1993 — John Fielder *1995 — William Neill *1997 — Frans Lanting *1998 — Jim Stimson *2000 — Clyde Butcher *2001 — Robin Way *2002 — Jack Jeffrey *2003 — Douglas Steakley *2004 — Ken Adelman and Gabrielle Adelman *2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fielder
John Fielder (born 1950) is an American landscape photographer, nature writer, publisher of over 40 books, and conservationist. He is nationally known for his landscape photography, scenic calendars (which have been published for over 30 years) and for his many coffee table books and travel guides—including Colorado's best-selling ''Colorado 1870–2000'', in which he matches the same scenes of classic photographs taken in the 19th century by photographer William Henry Jackson. Fielder has won the Colorado Book Award three times, in 1996, 1997, and 2000. In January 2023, Fielder released the entirety of his over 5,000 photographs into the public domain, with History Colorado as caretaker. Fielder has worked to promote the protection of Colorado open space and wildlands. His photography has influenced people and legislation, earning him recognition, including the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award in 1993, and in 2011, the Aldo Leopold Foundation's first Achievement Award given t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Kazlowski
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church. In English, Stephen is most commonly pronounced as ' (). The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek original version, Stephanos. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbur Mills (photographer)
Wilbur Daigh Mills (May 24, 1909 – May 2, 1992) was an American Democratic politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his retirement in 1977. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1958 to 1974, he was often called "the most powerful man in Washington". Born in Kensett, Arkansas, Mills pursued a legal career and helped run his father's bank after three years at Harvard Law School, when he returned to Kensett he also assisted his father at the AP Mills General Store, as he had done for many years. In fact, he began doing the store inventory at about 10 years of age. He served as the youngest ever county judge of White County, Arkansas, then won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1938, the youngest elected from Arkansas. As the youngest chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Mills was the Congressional architect in establishing Medicare. He was also the architect of the Tax Reform Act of 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Braasch
Gary Braasch (1944 – March 7, 2016) was an American environmental photographer and writer focusing on nature and biodiversity across the globe. Braasch was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and made his home in Oregon. Work Braasch has been photographing for over 40 years and has been published by ''Time'', ''Life'', ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''Discover'', ''National Geographic'', ''Nature'', and many more. Braasch has also won the 2006 Ansel Adams Award from the Sierra Club and the Outstanding Nature Photographer citation from the North American Nature Photography Association. He died at the age of 72 while snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef on March 7, 2016. Publications Braasch's work has been published many times involving environmental awareness across several magazines and publishers. * Antarctic Seabird Research (''International Wildlife'') * Great Smoky Mountains National Park Biodiversity (''Audubon'') * The Threat of Oil Drilling in Alaska's Arctic (''BBC Wildlife'') * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Allen (photographer)
Larry Christopher Allen Jr. (born November 27, 1971) is an American former professional football guard in the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons, primarily with the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Sonoma State and was selected by the Cowboys in the second round of the 1994 NFL Draft. Allen is regarded as one of the NFL's physically strongest players ever while also capable of using his speed against defenders.Padecky, Bob"Larry Allen's long road from SSU to the NFL Hall of Fame."''www.sonoma.edu'', February 2, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2016. Spending his first twelve seasons with the Cowboys, Allen earned ten Pro Bowl selections and seven first-team All-Pro honors. His ten Pro Bowl selections are the most for a Cowboys offensive player. He was also part of the team that won a Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXX over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Allen played his final two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, where he received his eleventh Pro Bowl sel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabrielle Adelman
The California Coastal Records Project, founded in 2002, documents the California coastline with aerial photos taken from a helicopter flying parallel to the shore. Their webpage provides access to these images. One photo was taken every 500 feet. The entire California coast is included, except sections of Vandenberg Space Force Base (although some historical photos are included from an earlier survey in 1989). Most of the coast has been photographed several times, and the website has an interface for comparing photos taken during different years. Kenneth and Gabrielle Adelman were recipients of the 2004 Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography from the Sierra Club for their work on the project. Streisand effect The project was sued in 2003 by Barbra Streisand, who claimed they infringed upon her privacy by displaying photographs of her Malibu home. The project countersued under the SLAPP provisions of California law and prevailed in court. The lawsuit drew additional p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Adelman (photographer)
The California Coastal Records Project, founded in 2002, documents the California coastline with aerial photos taken from a helicopter flying parallel to the shore. Their webpage provides access to these images. One photo was taken every 500 feet. The entire California coast is included, except sections of Vandenberg Space Force Base (although some historical photos are included from an earlier survey in 1989). Most of the coast has been photographed several times, and the website has an interface for comparing photos taken during different years. Kenneth and Gabrielle Adelman were recipients of the 2004 Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography from the Sierra Club for their work on the project. Streisand effect The project was sued in 2003 by Barbra Streisand, who claimed they infringed upon her privacy by displaying photographs of her Malibu home. The project countersued under the SLAPP provisions of California law and prevailed in court. The lawsuit drew additional p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Steakley
Douglas Steakley (born March 21, 1944 in Ashtabula, Ohio) is a metalsmith and photographer who won the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography in 2003. Career Steakley has a BA from Bowling Green State University and studied jewelry design and silversmithing at Indiana University, where he received a master of fine arts degree. In 1974, he traveled to Denmark to learn holloware techniques. His work is featured in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection. In 1979, he wrote ''Holloware Techniques'', a book published by Watson-Guptill Publications. He was the president of the , from 1989 to 1991. Steakley's book ''Pacific Light: Images of the Monterey Peninsula'' was published in 2000, and ''Big Sur and Beyond: The Legacy of the Big Sur Land Trust'' was published in 2001. In 2003, he became a full-time photographer. Later that year he received the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography from the Sierra Club. His ''A Photographer's Guide to the California Coast'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Jeffrey (photographer)
Jack Charles Jeffery (born 13 August 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Chatham Town. Career Jeffery joined West Ham United in 2004, where he was known as "JJ" by his teammates. During the 2007–08 season at West Ham, Jeffery featured regularly at under-18 level and also in the reserves, as well as loan spells at non-league clubs Hampton & Richmond Borough and Cambridge United. " ewportpushed third in the table Hampton all the way, though the home side, ... had an impressive teenage star of their own on show in 19-year-old forward Jack Jeffery who arrived last week on a month's loan from West Ham United." He joined League One club Leyton Orient on loan on 12 September 2008, and made his league debut the next day, coming on as a substitute during the first half in the home game against Stockport County. Jeffery's loan with Leyton Orient lasted only one game before he was injured and returned to West Ham. On 2 March 2009, Jeffery signed on loan for East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Way
Robin may refer to: Animals * Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae * Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including: **European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'') ** Bush-robin **Forest robin **Magpie-robin ** Scrub-robin **Robin-chat, two bird genera ** Bagobo robin **White-starred robin **White-throated robin ** Blue-fronted robin **Larvivora (6 species) **Myiomela (3 species) * Some red-breasted New-World true thrushes (''Turdus'') of the family Turdidae, including: ** American robin (''T. migratorius'') (so named by 1703) ** Rufous-backed thrush (''T. rufopalliatus'') ** Rufous-collared thrush (''T. rufitorques'') ** Formerly other American thrushes, such as the clay-colored thrush (''T. grayi'') * Pekin robin or Japanese (hill) robin, archaic names for the red-billed leiothrix (''Leiothrix lutea''), red-breasted songbirds * Sea robin, a fish with small "legs" (actually spines) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Butcher
Clyde Butcher (born September 6, 1942) is an American large-format camera photographer known for wilderness photography of the Florida landscape. He began his career doing color photography before switching to large-scale black-and-white landscape photography after the death of his son. Butcher is a strong advocate of conservation efforts and uses his work to promote awareness of the beauty of natural places. Background Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Clyde Butcher led a nomadic childhood with his parents, until they settled in Southern California when he was 18. He attended California Polytechnic University in 1960 and graduated in architecture. While visiting Yosemite National Park in 1963, he learned about the photography studies of Ansel Adams. During his senior year of college, Butcher married his college sweetheart Niki. Beginnings of photography career During college, Butcher presented his architecture projects by creating and photographing miniature-scale models instead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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