Photographs from the Edge

Photographs from the Edge: A Master Photographer's Insights on Capturing an Extraordinary World by Art Wolfe, Rob Sheppard, which will be published in September 2016, is stunning. Wolfe is a clear talent at capturing nature, tribes, and animals and his composition is unique and lively. It's clear that the equipment he uses and his forethought about the scene enable him to capture even unexpected beauty. Rather than work as a career photojournalist, he has taken a harder, more independent path. While this has left him to be creative and take on projects that others might not, it also has some consequences, such as not being in his home more than he is on the road. However, it is a choice he never regrets, and readers will see why when they view the phenomenal images in this book.

His love of photography is infused in every picture he takes, and it is these pictures that enable us to put ourselves in different locations and view them as they are, without industry and interference from the modern world. Even photos at a distance are created with composition, lighting, and subject in mind.

It is clear that he loves what he does, and he equally loves the subjects, shining a new light on even the ones most photographed, like penguins. Photographs from the Edge: A Master Photographer's Insights on Capturing an Extraordinary World by Art Wolfe, Rob Sheppard is a book that everyone will want to have in hardcover to cherish Wolfe's art -- to hold it, to view it up close, and to reach inside and experience the world through his eyes.