The variety of locales that Wolfe captures runs the gamut from Turkey’s rocky Cappadocia to the lucid waters of the Great Bahamas Bank to the ascetic Bolivian Altiplano.

The photographs displayed in this collection bear no trace of humans or animals, allowing the viewer to focus completely on the environment.

Viewing these pictures, one gets a sense of the world before humanity's touch, when waves crashed on untrodden shores and desert sands shifted with no one to witness their movement.

Desolate scenes from Namibia's Namib-Naukluft Park speak to the harsh sterility that Wolfe presents in many of these images. These pictures of barren trees and the cracked desert floor offer an alien landscape that is almost unrecognizable.

Moving west, Wolfe's aerial photograph of the Colorado River's Delta Plain captures the snaking movement of the river and its tributaries as they cut through the bronze earth of the Baja region of Mexico.

Looking out over the ocean from Thailand's Phangnga National Park, a chain of tiny islands breaks the horizon while gravity's relentless force pulls stalactites down overhead.

With this collection, Art Wolfe captures nature's force and fragility in equal measure. Using pattern, color and light, Wolfe illuminates nature's unmatched grandeur.

In turn, these epic views reveal the infinitesimal space man occupies in this world. Intentionally or not, Wolfe's images are a needed reminder of where power truly lies on this planet.

About Art Wolfe

With his camera, Art Wolfe is a powerful advocate for the world's fast-disappearing wildlife, landscapes and native cultures. He has published over 50 books of nature photography.

The son of commercial artists in Seattle, Washington, Mr. Wolfe graduated from the University of Washington with bachelor's degrees in fine arts and art education.