Lecture: John Gussman, Getting High on Nature

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Join Field Hall and local photographer John Gussman for a book release event and First Fed Community Conversation surrounding his new book, Ten Years After. Ten Years After showcases the changes on the Elwha River during dam removal. At the time (2010 to 2014), the removal of two working dams was the largest dam removal in history. August 26, 2024, marks ten years since the completion of dam removal. The hand-picked images in this book came from the thousands of images that John Gussman photographed during that time period. The book includes many photos not previously published. Ten Years After contains 60 pages of full-color photographs in 8.5? x 11? soft cover format. Order your copy and own a part of history. John will hand-sign every book sold at this event. This event will take place in the Sunset Lounge. Space is limited; please RSVP. First Fed Community Conversations are free and low-cost arts and humanities events at Field Hall. We are grateful to our community partners, donors, and members who make these accessible events possible. This is a pay-what-makes-you-happy event. ABOUT THE ARTIST After getting a degree in photography, John Gussman began working full time in 1973 as a staff photographer for a newspaper in the bay area. Moving to Washington State in 1979 to be closer to wilderness, and with Olympic National Park as his backyard, he began to photograph this new natural playground. In 1982 John began his own business, Doubleclick Productions, and found he had a natural talent for photographing architecture and other commercial location work. It was consistent work to pay the bills, always an important factor to the self-employed. After doing that for over three decades, John has come full circle in his career and now focuses most of his attention capturing landscapes, people and adventure, wildlife, and the outdoor lifestyle. John has a large collection of stock images and video centered around the Olympic Peninsula and other geographic areas. With his intimate knowledge of the Olympic Peninsula natural environment, he provides location services for commercial clients looking to film in the area. Always looking for ways to push the boundaries for new perspectives, John has worked since 2015 using UAV drones for both stills and video, as well as aerial mapping work. He is FAA licensed and is insured to fly any commercial application for clients. Working locally and abroad, John is actively doing projects to help tell the stories of companies, non-profits, and environmental organizations to help tell the story of the planet.