The Sierra Club has bestowed wildlife photographer Steven Kazlowski with its Ansel Adams Award for his "superlative use of still photography to further a conservation cause." He was presented with the award at the Sierra Club's national dinner on Sept. 20.

Kazlowski's images have appeared in magazines such as Vanity Fair, Newsweek and Canadian Geographic. His recent book, "The Last Polar Bear," published by Braided River, is an eye-opening look at the...

The grand prize at the Images for Conservation Fund Pro-Tour of Nature Photography Awards was given on Sept. 21 to photographer Rolf Nussbaumer and the Fennessey Ranch, owned by Brien O'Connor Dunn. Both winners shared the $51,000 prize money.

Second prize went to D. Robert Franz of the Mustang Ranch, owned by Hugo and Laura Berlanga; third prize was given to John Hendrickson and the Welder Wildlife Foundation.

More than 200 landowners, photographers and supporters attended the...

Mountain Light Pictures has signed five new photographers to its list of contributors: Chris Noble, Dennis Coello, Harrison Shull, Linde Waidhofer and Chris Linder.

Noble's work has appeared in numerous books and publications, including National Geographic, Outside, Life and Rolling Stone, among others. He served as the primary advertising photographer for The North Face for over a decade.

Coello began his shooting on a cross-country bicycle tour in 1965. Since then, Coello has explored more than 40...

We present a selection of winners and finalists in Art Wolfe's International Conservation Photography Awards contest, which recognizes photographers who are committed to environmental stewardship.

Known for his passionate advocacy for the environment, nature photographer Art Wolfe created a conservation-themed photo contest in 1997 as "an event for the advancement of photography as a unique medium, capable of bringing awareness and preservation to our environment through art." This year marks the 11th anniversary of Wolfe's annual photography exhibit, which has gone through some name changes and is currently known as the International Conservation Photography Awards (ICP Awards).

The focus of the ICP Awards has been updated to reflect the new emphasis on...

"I will always work on those classic landscapes," Soloway says. "But what really drives me is this search for how I can show the essence of different natural communities in a way that really cuts to the heart of what they're about."

Soloway's goal is to get away from shooting an overall location and concentrate on getting to the essence of the scene.

"I'm thinking less about the particular "here is the place' and thinking much more about what it's like to sit in a dark summer hardwood forest, what it's like to be in the forest at night in a windy storm, and trying to come in and capture...

Frans Lanting's "LIFE: A Journey Through Time" made its European premiere on Nov. 3, 2007, in Genoa, Italy. The Torino Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Carlo Boccadoro, performed the orchestral production chronicling the story of life on Earth through the imagery of Lanting, the music of Philip Glass and the choreography of Alexander V. Nichols. An exhibition of Lanting's images was also on display at the festival.

With ˜The Last Polar Bear," The Mountaineers Books has launched its new publishing venture, Braided River, with “The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World.”

The book contains nearly 200 color images by Steven Kazlowski, who has been following the creatures for the past eight years. Essays by conservationists, scientists and Alaskan natives supplement the photographs, including one by Theodore Roosevelt’s great-grandson. The Braided River imprint combines nature photography with...

W.W. Norton & Co. has released a new book entitled "Across the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation," with a foreword by former president Jimmy Carter. With contributions from noted natural historians and a diverse team of photographers, it tells the story of the Tibetan people’s efforts to protect their land for future generations. Containing some of the first photographs of the region’s rare species, the work looks at...

Seattle photographer and Greenpeace freelancer Daniel Beltra recently received Pictures of the Year International's Global Vision Award, plus an Award of Excellence in the Nature Series category for his Greenpeace project, "Rainforest and the Antarctic," which documents the impact of global warming on the biodiverse polar region.

Beltra also took second place in the National Press Photographers Association's Best of Photojournalism 2008 Awards in the Natural Habitat category for his photograph of...