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Petrified Forest National Park
Artist: Mark Klett
Mark Klett using a camera
Photo by T. Scott Williams/NPS
Mark Klett behind the camera, immersed in the scenery of Petrified Forest National Park.
 
Mark Klett focuses camera on petroglyph panel

Photo by T. Scott Williams/NPS

Mark Klett captures landscapes and details, such as these petroglyphs within Petrified Forest National Park.

Mark Klett photographs the intersection of cultures, landscapes and time. His background includes working as a geologist before turning to photography. Klett has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Buhl Foundation, and the Japan/US Friendship Commission. His work has been exhibited and collected both nationally and internationally for over 25 years.

 
Klett points to a projected slide

Photo by T. Scott Williams/NPS

Klett discusses photography at Northland Pioneer College, Holbrook Campus.

He is the author of eleven books including the recently released Yosemite in Time (Trinity University Press, 2005, with Rebecca Solnit and Byron Wolfe), Third Views, Second Sights (Museum of New Mexico Press 2004), and After the Ruins (University of California Press). Mark Klett is Regents’ Professor of Art at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.

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Over 52,000 acres within Petrified Forest National Park is designated Wilderness waiting for you to explore.
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Last Updated: October 26, 2006 at 16:43 MST