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Philip Hyde Environmental Photographer. Philip Hyde was born in 1921 in San Francisco He grew up in San Francisco and went Ansel Adams’ photography program at the California School of Fine Arts
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Philip Hyde was born in 1921 in San Francisco • He grew up in San Francisco and went Ansel Adams’ photography program at the California School of Fine Arts • his influences were Ansel Adams, Minor White, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Lisette Model, and Dorothea Lange
He is known for taking pictures of landscapes for environmental campaigns • His work has been in more environmental campaigns than any other photographer • his photographs had appeared in The New York Times, Audubon, Life, National Geographic, Aperture, B&W Magazine, Fortune, and Newsweek
Craters of the Moon National Monument. Taken in Idaho, 1965 • This photograph is taken with natural light and the direction is coming from in front of the object • The main subject is the colors in the mountain in the middle of the picture, it draws the eye to the middle of the photograph • I used this photograph because I liked the whole scene of it
Mt. Denali; Taken in Alaska in 1971 • The lighting used in this photograph is natural lighting and the direction is from right in front of it • The main subject is the mountains in the background, the lake in the middle leads you to the mountains at the top of the picture • I picked this photograph because I liked how the subject wasn’t the whole scene of the picture
Mendenhall Glacier; Taken in Southeast Alaska in the Tongass National Forest in 1971 • The lighting used in this photograph is natural lighting and the direction is from just to the side of the subject in front of it • The subject is the glacier at the top half of the picture. • He used the water in front of the glacier to lead up to the glacier • I used this picture because I liked the cold colors used in the photograph
Mt. Lassen from Manzanita Lake; Taken in Lassen Volcanic National Park, California • The lighting used in this photograph is natural lighting and the direction is coming from just off to the side of the subject in front of it • The subject is the mountain at the top half of the picture, the scenery in front of the mountain was used to add to the mountain • I picked this because I liked how the scenery in front of the mountain added to the picture
South Rim, Winter; Taken at the Grand Canyon National Park in 1964 • The lighting used in this photograph is natural lighting and the direction is from the side of the subject • The subject is the part of the canyon covered in snow at the bottom half of the photograph, the scenery in the back adds to the subject • I picked this photograph because I liked the colors used in it
Sites • http://www.philiphyde.com/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Hyde_(photographer) • http://www.sierraclub.org/history/philip-hyde/default.aspx&usg=