Jon Ortner was born in Great Neck, Long Island in 1951. He started painting and drawing at an early age, which laid the foundation for his photography. In college, Jon continued to pursue art, natural history and ecology. In 1978 he moved to New York City with his wife, Martha, where they opened a photo studio and continue to collaborate. Jon's books, Where Every Breath is a Prayer, Angkor, and Buddha are the culmination of numerous journeys to the far corners of the Himalaya and Southeast Asia. A compilation of NYC images was published as Manhattan Dawn &Dusk. His awardwinning images and stories have appeared in numerous magazines such as GEO, Communications Arts, Travel & Leisure and Architectural Digest. Jon has turned his focus and passion to the canyons and deserts of the Southwest. From the greatest canyons on earth, to the brilliant swirling colors of the Grand Staircase and Vermillion Cliffs, he has shown us a wilderness of rock at once familiar yet astounding. By creating panoramic portraits of this vast, monumental landscape, he hopes to share his unique vision of the beauty and incomparable majesty of America's greatest natural treasures.
2008 Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year, Gold Medal - Regional
category.
"This version of the Western landscape is a wilderness experience,
and Ortner's aim simply to honor these places in their pristine
beauty. A large format helps to convey the scope of the vistas...It
is also a format big enough to experience the images viscerally:
the textures stone and brush and water running through them are
almost palpable."
--Color Magazine
"Throughout the book, Jon Ortner captures the natural beauty of the
Southwest in his stunning photographs...Canyon Wilderness of the
Southwest is truly a visual delight."
--Southwest Art Magazine
"Jon Ortner's oversized, full-page color photos of the Southwest
embellishes an album perfect for both photography collections and
those documenting the landscapes of the American Southwest. It's a
deluxe, numbered, signed and limited edition of an outstanding
collection of over 200 images -- including 100 panoramas shot in
over 650 locations across a 130,000 square-mile area. The geology
and landmarks of this region are outstanding: towers, spires,
arches, domes, bridges, and more...It's simply unparalleled in its
scope, presentation, and coverage."
--Midwest Book Review
"Magnificent...Ortner's photographs encompass nothing less than a
history of Southwestern geology told in incredibly dramatic
terms...he has invested inert matter and archetypal forms with a
sense of mysterious silence and timelessness."
--THE Magazine
"Exquisite...a visual feast."
--NationalGeographic.com
"Uncannily evocative images."
--Town and Country
"Jon Ortner's oversized, full-page color photos of the Southwest
embellishes an album perfect for both photography collections and
those documenting the landscapes of the American Southwest. It's a
deluxe, numbered, signed and limited edition of an outstanding
collection of over 200 images -- including 100 panoramas shot in
over 650 locations across a 130,000 square-mile area. The geology
and landmarks of this region are outstanding: towers, spires,
arches, domes, bridges, and more...It's simply unparalleled in its
scope, presentation, and coverage."
--Midwest Book Review
"Magnificent...Ortner's photographs encompass nothing less than a
history of Southwestern geology told in incredibly dramatic
terms...he has invested inert matter and archetypal forms with a
sense of mysterious silence and timelessness."
--THE magazine
"Exquisite...a visual feast."
--NationalGeographic.com
"Uncannily evocative images."
--Town and Country
"Magnificent...Ortner's photographs encompass nothing less than a
history of Southwestern geology told in incredibly dramatic
terms...he has invested inert matter and archetypal forms with a
sense of mysterious silence and timelessness."
--THE magazine
"Exquisite...a visual feast."
--NationalGeographic.com
"Uncannily evocative images."
--Town and Country
"Exquisite...a visual feast."
--NationalGeographic.com
"Uncannily evocative images."
--Town and Country
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