John Fielder

John Fielder is Colorado's best-known nature photographer, publisher, teacher and preservationist with 50 exhibit-format books, children's books, and guidebooks to his credit, including John Fielder's Best of Colorado and Colorado 1870-2000. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography (1993) and the Aldo Leopold Foundation's first ever Achievement Award (2011). In 2017 he was awarded an honorary degree in Sustainability Studies by Colorado Mountain College. John Fielder's photography has influenced people and legislation, and he has worked tirelessly to promote the protection of Colorado's open space and wildlands.