Beth Wald wins the Galen Rowell Award

San Francisco, CA–Aurora photographer Beth Wald was aptly awarded the Galen Rowell
Award for the Art of Adventure by the Rowell Legacy Committee. Wald belongs
to that rarified club of photographers who can shuffle lenses, change film
and see beautiful compositions in extreme conditions.

The Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure honors “that adventurer whose
artistic passion illuminates the wild places of the world, and whose
accomplishments significantly benefit both the environment and the people
who inhabit these lands and regions.”

“I can think of no one more fitting for this award than Beth Wald,” said
longtime friend and owner of Extreme Connection, Ann Krcik. “Beth has
traveled and photographed around the globe, from the Arctic to the tip of
South America, from Pakistan to Cuba, and from the icy Himalayan peaks to
the stifling heat of East Africa’s Great Rift Valley. She’s an amazing
person and talented photographer.”

“I am drawn to harsh, wild places where life is both fragile and tenuous,”
says Wald, “Where one’s sense of being alive is heightened by extremes of
landscape and weather.”

Ms. Wald’s most recent journeys have taken her into the remote regions of
Afghanistan and Tajikistan to photograph unique mountain tribes and their
relation with wildlife and environment, in order to call attention to the
dire threats to both ancient culture and fragile ecosystems.

“In this and in much of Beth’s work, her passion is to try to make a
difference for the people and places that inspire her,” continued Krcik.
“She has donated her time to photograph numerous projects for a wide variety
of organizations including Lighthawk, the Sierra Club, the Conservations
Land Trust, Doctors Without Borders, Conservacion Patagonica and others.”

Her work has appeared in numerous publications including, National
Geographic, Smithsonian, Outside, National Geographic Adventure, Sports
Illustrated, and The New York Times among others. Her work has also been
exhibited in galleries throughout the U.S., in museums in Canada, Japan,
France and Italy and is part of several permanent collections.

Beth Wald is based in Boulder, Colorado and is represented by Aurora Photos.
For more information, contact www.auroraphotos.com, or simply Google “Beth
Wald” for a more complete picture of this amazing woman, advocate for
ancient people and the environment that sustains us all.