Canon USA & Its Digital Learning Center has cre­ated a mini site to present some learn­ing mate­ri­als from the Travels to the Edge series where Art Wolfe shares his shoot­ing tips, exclu­sive gal­leries, his choice of gears, even some behind-the-scene pho­tos & videos from this excit­ing new series.

In ‘Making the Series’ sec­tion at the series’ web­site, Art shared a heart­felt message:

When Art saw the rough cut of the rev­er­ent episode filmed in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, he expe­ri­enced a moment when it hit him-“this is why I’m doing this series.” The del­i­cate birds and hearty ani­mals that thrive in America’s last untamed wilder­ness con­vey a clear message-there is an unequiv­o­cal need to pre­serve this won­drous habi­tat. He also shared that inspi­ra­tion on the series came from the 50’s High Adventures show with Lowell Thomas, which was a pre­cur­sor to Indiana Jones.

Photography has always been strongly con­nected with trav­el­ing, as much as nature’s con­nec­tion to their inhab­i­tants; when such beauty brings together tal­ents, tech­nol­ogy & inspi­ra­tion, and bring along some uplift­ing expe­ri­ence in the process, nature con­veys a sim­ple yet reveal­ing mes­sage that we are here only to give & share.

As I have pre­vi­ously writ­ten about Art on Fumbling toward the great shot, he is one of the lead­ing, most pub­lished nature pho­tog­ra­pher of our time. His books were my early inspi­ra­tion and I’m here today partly because of his pas­sion­ately crafted vision & his talent.

You can learn more about his work from his per­sonal web­site.