Talk:Art Wolfe

Is "Art Wolfe" a pseudonymn?
What's in a name?

A lot of actors use pseudonymns. If you want to become famous or start a successful restaurant, it helps to have an unusual name people will remember. So, I wonder if "Art Wolfe" is this photographer's real name.

I have another reason for questioning the name "Art Wolfe." I shoot nature photography. In the late 1980s, I wanted to create a pseudonymn that sounded artsy and woodsy. The name I came up with was "Art Wolf." Shortly afterward I discovered this name was all ready in use by this famous nature photographer.

So, I am left to wonder if he came up with "Art Wolfe" the same way I came up with "Art Wolf" or if his name really is "Art Wolfe." It seems too much of a coincidence to me that a famous nature photographer would have the name "Art Wolfe." Then again, I would never have thought "Wolfgang Puck" was a real name, but it is.

I wonder if I'm the only one was taken aback when they first heard the famous cook's name. I said to myself surely this is a name someone created to be remembered, and not forgotten. But "no" Wolfgang was adopted by Mr. Puck. I just have to say, it is a good thing Wolfgang was not adopted by Peter Bang of "Bang & Olufsen" fame (Peter Bang, Svend Olufsen).

--Michael D. Wolok
 * I regularly order images for publication from Art, and as far as I know, it's his real name. DbishopNWF 15:17, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 08:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

TRAVELS TO THE EDGE
Art Wolfe's Travels to the Edge 101 Bolivia: The Altiplano 05-05-2007 102 Alaska: Glacier Bay 05-12-2007 103 Patagonia: Torres del Paine 05-19-2007 104 Alaska: Katmai Coast 05-26-2007 105 Africa: Madagascar 06-02-2007 106 Alaska: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 06-09-2007 107 Peru: Manu 06-16-2007 108 Kenya: Masai Mara and El Karama 06-23-2007 109 Patagonia: Mt. Fitz Roy 06-30-2007 110 The Southwest: Zion and Canyon de Chelly 07-07-2007 111 India: Varanasi to Bandhavgarh 07-14-2007 112 The Southern Ocean: South Georgia Island 07-21-2007 113 Ethiopia: The Omo Valley 07-28-2007 201 Japan: Hokkaido and Honshu 10-04-2008 202 Australia: Arnhemland and the Kimberley 10-11-2008 203 Mali: Sahel to the Sahara 10-18-2008 204 Antarctica and the Falkland Islands 10-25-2008 205 Brazil: The Pantanal 11-01-2008 206 West Africa: Togo and Benin 11-08-2008 207 New Zealand 11-15-2008 208 Wild Asia: Nepal and India 11-22-2008 209 Mexico: Baja 11-29-2008 210 The Kingdom of Bhutan 12-06-2008 211 The Making of Travels to the Edge 12-13-2008 212 Mongolia: Mountain to Steppe 12-20-2008 213 Iceland: Earth, Air, Fire and Water 12-27-2008 -96.233.19.238 (talk) 15:06, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

To me, this list looks like good information for the main article. It contributes specific information demonstrating the geographic scope of Wolfe's work.Global Microscope (talk) 19:05, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

Question of Bias?
Just looked up reference #16, used to support the majority of the "Image Manipulation" section. The writer of this article is Kenneth Brower, an environmental author who is arguably a direct competitor of Art Wolfe's. Wolfe published "Migrations" in 1994. Just 3 years later, in 1997, Brower published "American Legacy: Our National Forests" (According to Amazon.com). Then, in 1998, Brower published the article (ref #16), "Photography in the age of falsification", a piece which could be construed as disparaging to the landscape photography industry as a whole, and especially targets Wolfe. In light of Brower's public conflict of interest, it might be prudent to question whether or not material derived from this reference satisfies the neutral tone required of WP:BLP.Global Microscope (talk) 20:36, 20 May 2013 (UTC)

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