Claude Steelman
2 books in the catalogue, published 2005 to 2006.
Claude Steelman is a Durango photographer who runs the Wildshots gallery. His two books on our list are Colorado For the First Time (2005) and Durango Country (2006). Both are coffee table books of Colorado landscape and natural history pictures.
About Claude Steelman
The Durango Herald profile describes Wildshots as a gallery on Main Avenue in Durango whose walls hold only Steelman's own photographs of wildlife and landscapes, plus bronzes by a Mancos sculptor. He prints on paper, canvas and metal, and ships locally, nationally and internationally. The Herald says he moved to Durango in 1988 from northern Colorado and has had four galleries there.
Books
Colorado For the First Time
A 2005 photo book that mixes familiar views with places such as Picketwire Canyon and Irish Canyon, and describes the weather and terrain Steelman faced to get his shots.
Durango Country
A 2006 photo book about Durango as a sporting and cultural center, covering the town's cycling, rafting, skiing, fishing and festivals.
What the books share
Both books are about Colorado places seen through a lens. Colorado For the First Time ranges across the state, including lesser-known spots like Rattlesnake Canyon and Coffee Pot Spring. Durango Country narrows to one town, its sports and its festivals. Neither is a text history. They are picture books, and the photographer's range runs from wild canyons to town life.
The subjects this author is catalogued under. Open Library record.
Next steps for readers of this author
Visiting Durango with his pictures in mind
Anyone planning a Durango trip can read the profile first, then check the Forest Service page for road status before driving into the mountains.
Choosing between his two books
One book spans the whole state and the other stays in a single town. Look at both in our library at /library/ and pick the one matching the trip you have planned.
Go deeper
Steelman photographs wild canyons and town life around Durango. These pages cover his gallery's hometown and one of the remote places his state book names.
Wildshots gallery profile, Durango Herald
A newspaper profile describing the gallery on Main Avenue in Durango, where the walls hold only Steelman's own wildlife and landscape photographs.
San Juan National Forest
The agency's home page for the forest, whose headquarters is in Durango, with fall color reports and forest road status.
Picket Wire Canyonlands
A Forest Service page on canyons in the Comanche National Grassland that hold the largest dinosaur tracksite in North America.
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