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
Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American writer, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his ...
Foundation's first Achievement Award given to an individual. He was an original governor-appointed member of the lottery-related Board of Great Outdoors Colorado, and speaks to thousands of people each year to rally support for land use and environmental issues.
Biography
A
Washington, DC, native, Fielder moved to Colorado upon graduation from
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
. After working eight years for department stores, he turned his photography hobby into a profession.
John Fielder: ''Biography''
Exhibitions
September 2005-April 2006, Denver, Colorado
* The Wildlife Experience, permanent exhibit, Parker, Colorado
Awards
* 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 wh ...
, 1993
* Colorado Book Award, 1996, 1997, 2000
* National Outdoor Book Award (Design and Artistic Merit), ''Mountain Ranges of Colorado'', 2005[National Outdoor Book Award - Master List]
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* National Outdoor Book Award (Outdoor Adventure Guidebook), ''Colorado's Continental Divide Trail'', 1998[
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Published works
* '' Colorado 1870-2000'' (2000) Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers .
''Colorado 1870-2000 II''
(2005) Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, .
* ''Colorado 1870-2000 Revisited'' (2001), coauthored with Thomas J. Noel, Boulder, Colo.: Big Earth Publishing, , .
''Mountain Ranges of Colorado''
Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, .
''To Walk in Wilderness''
(coauthored with T.A. Barron), Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, .
''Along the Colorado Trail''
(coauthored with M. John Fayhee), Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, .
''Colorado: Lost Places and Forgotten Words''
Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers,
''John Fielder's Best of Colorado''
Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, .
* ''The Complete Guide to Colorado's Wilderness Areas'' (coauthored with Mark Pearson)
''A Colorado Winter''
Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, .
''Photographing the Landscape''
Boulder, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, .
References
External links
John Fielder Collection
A collection of 5,000 images, managed by History Colorado
Denver Post book review: ''A Colorado Winter''
John Fielder's Colorado
''Photomedia Magazine'': "John Fielder: head for the mountains"
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American photographers
Nature photographers
Artists from Colorado
1950 births
Living people
Sierra Club awardees