Famed Nature Photographer Speaks at Workshops

Mon, 05/18/2009 (All day)
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ROCKPORT, Maine – Maine Media Workshops launches its summer season of photography and film presentations at Union Hall with a lecture by renowned photographer Art Wolfe, Tuesday, June 2 at 8PM.

Wolfe is currently hosting a public television high definition series Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and serves on the advisory boards for the Nature’s Best Foundation, Bridges to Understanding, and is a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.

His June 6 talk features a multimedia presentation titled Between Heaven and Earth, which centers on the Himalaya region and reflects Wolfe’s most personal statement to date. A grand adventure begins with a brief look back at the history and events in Wolfe’s formative years that triggered his imagination and wonder towards a path of blending his creativity and art with photography while documenting the wild world.

The presentation is held in the second-floor theatre of historic Union Hall on Central Street in Rockport Village.

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