Summary
Dudley Edmondson is an American writer and photographer specializing primarily in outdoors and nature writing and photography. He currently lives in Duluth, Minnesota.[1] His books include What's That Flower? (DK Press, London, 2013), and The Black & Brown Faces in America's Wild Places (Adventure Publications, 2006),[2] the latter focusing on African Americans in the outdoors, a subject on which he has spoken widely across the United States and for which a fellowship administered by the Greater Seattle YMCA was named for him.[3][4]
Early life edit
Edmondson was born in Columbus, Ohio, to African American parents who relocated from the South during the Great Migration. He first got interested in birding as a high school senior when a teacher took him and other students on a birding trip, unusual for urban youth of color.[5]
Career edit
In addition to his books, Edmondson's photographs are widely published in bird encyclopedias and natural history field guides worldwide, including dozens of images in Bird: The Definitive Visual Guide, by Audubon (DK Publishing.)
In 2022, Edmondson appeared in a new PBS series, “America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston". The episode is titled "Minnesota: A Better World."[6]
References edit
- ^ "Duluth photographer's book part of school pilot program". Deluth News Tribune. January 26, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Finney, Carolyn (2014). Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1-4696-1449-6.
- ^ "Fellowships – ProFellow". www.profellow.com.
- ^ "Faces & Names: Fey expecting her second child".
- ^ Candy (September 22, 2009). "Trail Builders: Dudley Edmondson".
- ^ America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston | Minnesota: A Better World | Episode 6 | PBS, retrieved September 28, 2022
Further reading and listening edit
- "Northern Voices: Dudley Edmondson Developing Environmental Justice For All". KAXE/KBXE Radio. May 2022.
- Science Friday A Christmas Bird Count while Sheltering in Place Science Friday. NPR Jan. 2021
- Northern Waters Photography and Film Exhibit Minnesota Marine Art Museum Winona Minnesota Sept. 2021
- This Land is Your Land. The Nature Conservancy July. 2020
- "Editorial: A Birding Interview with Dudley Edmondson" (PDF). Birding. Sept./Oct. 2007. American Birding Association.
- "Wildlife photographer and author Dudley Edmondson wants people from all walks of life to experience and care for wilderness". The Wilderness Society. 2007.
- "National Parks Should Be a Refuge for All Americans". NPR News & Notes. 2006.
External links edit
- Official website