| Recent Articles and Philip Hyde News See also under INFO: "Philip Hyde Related Resources" for earlier articles and tributes Guy Tal Photography Journal, September 13, 2011 Interview With David Leland Hyde "Isaac Newton famously said that if he had seen further it is because he was standing on the shoulders of giants. Similarly, modern conservation photographers are carrying on the tradition of pioneers who used their photographic art to advocate for the preservation of wild places. Still, even among these proverbial giants of conservation photography, some stand taller than others and one of the tallest among them is photographer Philip Hyde." Color Magazine March 2011 Philip Hyde "One of the principal photographers for the Sierra Club's groundbreaking books championing the wilderness, Philip Hyde played a major role in the modern environmental movement. His pioneering use of color set the standard and inspired a generation of landscape photographers." Outdoor Photographer November 2010 The Moors of California by Sean Arbabi "Point Reyes National Seashore is a photographer's paradise." The article discusses the masters who have photographed Point Reyes: Eadweard Muybridge, Ansel Adams, Brett Weston, Philip Hyde and others. Also mentions the Sierra Club book Island In Time: The Point Reyes Peninsula by Harold Gilliam with photographs by Philip Hyde, which helped raise funds to buy the land that became Point Reyes National Seashore. Field Report by Richard Wong May 2, 2010 Son of an Environmental Photography Pioneer: David Leland Hyde Interview Photomontana.net The Contrary Photographer A Site Worth Seeing Outdoor Photographer The Online Legacy of Philip Hyde Guy Tal Photography Web Journal Reader Recommendation Thoughts, Ideas and Experiences by Steve Sieren Ever Wonder about the History of Landscape Photography? Salt Lake City Weekly Dot Net Oct. 28, 2009 Ghosts of Glen Canyon In The Field Photo Blog by Richard Wong June 25, 2009 Top 10 Most Influential Nature Photographers of All Time Outdoor Photographer The Lost World of Glen Canyon Latest News About Philip Hyde Landscape Photography Blogger About Philip Hyde Photography Philip Hyde Photography Blog Outdoor Photographer Magazine Monday, April 6, 2009 Landscape Masters Through Time Photography’s greats must find philosophical constants while embracing change Carr Clifton A consistent vision in an ever-changing landscape Ask Carr Clifton for the most influential photographer in his life, and he won’t hesitate to answer. It’s Philip Hyde. A photographer’s photographer, Hyde’s name often is dropped as the underappreciated master of 20th-century landscape photography. Clifton also is cited by his contemporaries, who appreciate both his beautiful work and his pioneering spirit—the very things he credits Hyde for nurturing within him.“As a friend and neighbor, Philip Hyde’s influences on my approach to photography and life have been enormous,” Clifton says. “Philip was fortunate enough to learn from many greats—Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Minor White—and has passed down the cumulative knowledge, approaches and sensibilities of the 20th century’s greatest masters to photographers like myself. His insistence on staying true to your own vision and to never emulate or copy anyone has been the basis for my career. Philip’s photographic contribution to conservation is unparalleled in the history of America and has impacted a generation of photographers.” Conservation has been paramount for Clifton since day one. Earlier photographers set the stage for today’s public acceptance. “One of the important touchstone moments in landscape photography,” he explains, “was the public’s realization that our wild lands are finite, and the remaining wild lands are being assaulted by our government, industry and special-interest groups. The environmental movement and a new appreciation of what we might lose was brought to the forefront of society. Imagery became a tool to educate the public—thus the Sierra Club pioneered the publication of the full-color, exhibition-format photography book, used to sway politicians and public opinion.” Clifton shares his predecessors’ passion for ecology. What’s surprising, though, is his view of the advantages those old-timers had over shooters of today. “We have access to excellent cameras, lenses, films, digital sensors,” Clifton says, “and we have artistic control over color imagery unimagined by the 20th-century greats. But they had unlimited access to the landscape, free from overregulation and overpopulation. The feeling of discovery must have been very intoxicating. Originality wasn’t a problem. I truly envy the early photographers because it really is for me about wildness, solitude and discovery. I would gladly sacrifice the computer and digital world in a second for their place and time in history.” Read More >> Tom Till Finding inspiration in the work of others Tom Till recently shifted from tradition when he moved from film to digital. “Thirty years of carrying a 55-pound backpack finally caught up with me,” he says. Till doesn’t take such a dramatic change lightly. He feels a direct connection to landscape’s pioneering photographers and he’s proud to continue their tradition.... “The three landscape photographers who were most influential to me are Eliot Porter, Philip Hyde, and David Muench,” he says. “I’m purely a color photographer, and these three, with the addition of maybe Ray Atkeson and Josef Muench, really invented color landscape photography. To me, they’re the creators of our art form. Each one of them taught me a couple of important things.”Says Till, “From Eliot, I got the idea that ‘intimate landscapes’—not really close-ups, but tighter compositions than the standard big scene—could be powerful statements for nature. His travels around the world inspired me to drag a 4x5 camera all over the planet. From Philip, I learned to try to push the envelope with lighting. He thought shooting just at sunrise and sunset was a cliché, and trying to communicate the feeling of a 110-degree day in the desert had as much value as using magic-hour light on his subjects. Probably most important of all, Philip’s images were always in service of environmental causes. I’ve really tried to emulate him in that regard. “I think I would have had quite a lot in common with the early photographers,” he says. “I probably have a better light meter, and a better backpack, and better boots, and I have FedEx to get my film to the lab and back, but in many ways, I’m part of a long American tradition, which I’m proud of. I see threads from all these seminal landscape photographers in everybody’s work that has followed.“ Read More >> |