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About the Photographer
Rolf Anderson Rolf Anderson first started taking nature photographs while growing up in Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. His father, Leroy Anderson, loaned him his Leica M2 and said "practice framing your subject first and then when you think
you're ready to take pictures, I'll buy you a roll of film." The waterfall in the evergreen forest across the road from his Woodbury home was Rolf's first subject. Working at the Mount Washington Weather Observatory gave him the chance to photograph mountains.
At the Observatory he learned darkroom techniques while being trained as a weather observer. Living and working on a dairy farm in Belgium for a year followed by two years in one of Germany's largest national parks provided many opportunities for photographing the European countryside. Rolf
skied and climbed in Switzerland and Austria during his years in Germany, taking his camera along. Back in the U.S. Rolf spent the next 15 years working as a ski instructor and mountain guide. He lead wilderness
trips for Vermont Voyageur Expeditions in New Hampshire's White Mountains, New York's Adirondacks and Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park.
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Rolf and his wife Sharon decided to start an environmental education center and land trust in their home town of Montgomery, Vermont. Together they formed the Hazen's Notch Association and over the next decade immersed themselves in teaching young people from northern Vermont and beyond to act as stewards of their natural resources. As the couple shifted their focus from large wilderness areas across many states to a single watershed in one town, their home ground became the focus of Rolf's photographs. Now with meadow flowers, apple trees, small streams, beaver ponds and children as his subjects, Rolf sharpened his skills at composing photographs in more intimate settings that capture the simple beauty of the near-at-hand. The Hazen's Notch Association web site, newsletters, and calendars became the outlet for his photographs. You can see and purchase Rolf's work at the HNA Welcome Center on the Hazen's Notch Road in Montgomery and at Trout River Traders on Main Street in Montgomery Center. In addition to Photography, Rolf enjoys teaching French to children and adults. He was President of the Green Mountain Club from 1997-2000 and founded Montgomery Community Gardens in 2006.
For more information contact Rolf Anderson at this address: images@rolfanderson.net |
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Rolf Anderson l P.O. Box 479 l Montgomery Center VT 05471 l images@rolfanderson.net l 802.326.4799 |