on the advisory boards for the Nature's Best Foundation and Bridges to Understanding. He donates performances and work to environmental and educational groups every year; his lecture series is also in demand for corporate conventions and trade shows. Wolfe maintains his gallery, stock agency, production company and digital photography school in the SODO district of Seattle. I just received this book 15 minutes ago and I am so amazed that I'm going to write this review right now. The photographer has taken photographs of things that you may not even notice with the naked eye. He has taken nature photography to a whole new level. While in Death Valley last year I was so overwhelmed at the beauty of the desert I was unable to capture any of that on film. I knew that I would never achieve a fair representation of how that view looked to me at the time. I could only hope to use my snapshot as a reminder of what I felt at that moment while looking over the desert and dunes. Art Wolfe focuses on the dried earth, one rock, and a rock I never would have seen. His photography reminds us to focus on one part at a time or you'll miss everything. The nook of a mountain, the reflection of the canyon within a pool of water, from within an ice cave looking out. To see these views through the eyes of this photographer is surely a gift. Wolfe's use of slow shutter