Dudley Edmondson is: an American writer. And photographer specializing primarily in outdoors and nature writing and photography. He currently lives in Duluth, Minnesota. His books include What's That Flower? (DK Press, "London," 2013), and The Black & Brown Faces in America's Wild Places (Adventure Publications, 2006), 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.
Early life※
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."
Career※
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."
References※
- ^ "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※
- "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.