Krista Schlyer
American photographer and writer
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| Intro | American photographer and writer | ||
| Places | United States of America | ||
| is | Photographer | ||
| Work field | Arts | ||
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| Birth | 1971 | ||
| Age | 54 years | ||
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Biography
Krista Schlyer (born 1971) is an American award-winning landscape photographer and writer focused on conservation, biodiversity, and public lands.
Schlyer holds a master's degree in journalism (1997). She is a senior fellow in the International League of Conservation Photographers and her work has been published by BBC, The Nature Conservancy, High Country News, The National Geographic Society, and Audubon.
She is the author of three books including Continental Divide, which won the 2013 National Outdoor Book Award. She is also the 2014 recipient of the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography, and the 2015 Vision Award from the North American Nature Photographers Association.
Schlyer resides in the Washington, DC, metro area.
Books
- Continental Divide: Wildlife, People and the Border Wall (September 2012)
- Almost Anywhere: Road Trip Ruminations on Love, Nature, National Parks and Nonsense (October 2015)
- River of Redemption: Almanac of Life on the Anacostia (November 2018)
Awards
- 2013: National Outdoor Book Award, for the book Continental Divide: Wildlife, People and the Border Wall (ASIN B01M58Y7QG)
- 2014: Ansel Adams Award
- 2015: NANPA Vision Award
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| Article Title: | Krista Schlyer: American photographer and writer - Biography and Life |
| Author(s): | PeoplePill.com Editorial Staff |
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| Publisher: | PeoplePill |
| Article URL: | https://peoplepill.com/i/krista-schlyer |
| Publish Date: | 17 Apr 2020 |
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