Ian Shive is an award-winning conservation photographer, author, educator, film producer, and environmental advocate, most recently recognized as the recipient of the Sierra Club’s 2011 Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography. Shive’s images have appeared in publications around the world, including National Geographic, Time, Ski, Travel Channel, Gourmet, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, US News and World Report, Popular Science, Men’s Journal, Outside, and hundreds of others. Often referred to as the leading chronicler of America’s national parks today, Shive has helped shape diplomatic efforts around the world through his Wilderness Diplomacy initiative, currently underway in Afghanistan, and his best-selling book, The National Parks: Our American Landscape. He lives in Los Angeles.