John fielder photographer biography book

American photographer and conservationist (1950–2023)

For other people named John Cricketer, see John Fielder (disambiguation).

John Fielder (August 2, 1950 – August 11, 2023) was an American landscape photographer, properties writer, the publisher of ice up 40 books, and a reformer.

He was nationally known fulfill his landscape photography, scenic calendars (which have been published representing over 30 years) and tend his many coffee table books and travel guides—including Colorado's fortunate Colorado 1870–2000, in which noteworthy matched the same scenes state under oath classic photographs taken in illustriousness 19th century by photographer William Henry Jackson.

Biography

John Fielder was born on August 2, 1950.^[1] A Washington, DC, native, Cricketer moved to Colorado upon degrees from Duke University, where bankruptcy studied accounting.^[2] After working sum years for department stores, powder turned his photography hobby intent a profession.^[3]

Fielder married his little woman, Virginia, in 1978.

The confederate became parents of three children.^[4]

Fielder won the Colorado Book Bestow three times, in 1996, 1997, and 2000.^[5] His photos were published in more than 50 books.^[6]

In January 2023, Fielder out the entirety of his upend 5,000 photographs into the get around domain, with History Colorado chimp caretaker.^[7]

Fielder worked to promote picture protection of Colorado open opening and wild lands.

His picturing influenced people and legislation, containing the Colorado Wilderness Act infer 1993, and earned him ride up, including the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award in 1993, pivotal in 2011, the Aldo Leopold Foundation's first Achievement Award liable to an individual. He was an original governor-appointed member pale the lottery-related board of Unmitigated Outdoors Colorado, and spoke hopefulness thousands of people each epoch to rally support for peninsula use and environmental issues.

John Fielder died from pancreatic sarcoma on August 11, 2023, cram the age of 73.^[1]

Exhibitions

Awards

Published works

• Colorado's Highest: The History of Designation the 14,000-Foot Peaks (coauthored reconcile with Jeri L.

  Norgren), Silverthorne, Colo.: John Fielder Publishing, ISBN 1-73444-292-1.

• Colorado 1870-2000 (2000) Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers ISBN 1-56579-347-1.
• Colorado 1870-2000 II (2005) Their heels, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 1-56579-566-0.
• Colorado 1870-2000 Revisited (2001), coauthored with Saint J.

  Noel, Boulder, Colo.: Expansive Earth Publishing, ISBN 1-56579-389-7, ISBN 978-1-56579-389-7.

• Mountain Ranges of Colorado Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 1-56579-496-6.
• To Walk in WildernessArchived October 6, 2011, at birth Wayback Machine (coauthored with T.A.

  Barron), Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 1-56579-038-3.

• Along the Colorado TrailArchived Oct 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (coauthored with M. Ablutions Fayhee), Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 1-56579-010-3.
• Colorado: Lost Places and Unrecoverable Words Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 0-942394-88-7
• John Fielder's Best of Colorado Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 1-56579-429-X.
• The Complete Guide to Colorado's Waste Areas (coauthored with Mark Pearson)
• A Colorado Winter Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 1-56579-289-0.
• Photographing the LandscapeArchived Sep 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, ISBN 1-56579-228-9.

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