American Character: Surprising Portraits of an Unseen Nation

Please join The Explorers Club and renowned photographer Peter Guttman on Monday, December 2nd for a fascinating look into his new landmark book, American Character: Surprising Portraits of an Unseen Nation, an engaging odyssey through all fifty states.

During a lifetime spent investigating landscapes and indigenous groups across 250 countries on all seven continents, photographer and adventurer Peter Guttman also conducted a decades-long sojourn through his own native country, probing hidden corners, obscure cultures and back roads that scribble its remote edges. Hauling a suitcase tightly stuffed with insatiable curiosity and an unapologetic sense of wonder, his travels were a cartographic wake up call to America’s rich gamut of cultures, lifestyles and occupations. A kaleidoscopic infusion of immigrant cultures and the subsequent sorting of its settlers amongst America’s diverse geography helped forge destinies for its pioneering citizens. During the evening, Guttman will present his cast of portrayed characters, often infused with a theatrical sensibility, showcasing their hard working dignity, enterprising creativity or passionate eccentricity. They may be glimpsed amongst environmental stage sets that frame their intriguing exploits, and perhaps a few will appear three dimensionally for brief remarks.

This in-person event at the Explorers Club Headquarters will include an audience Q&A.

Streaming live here on explorers.org, our YouTube Channel, and our Facebook Live — Monday, December 2nd at 7:00 pm ET.

RESERVATIONS
This will be an in-person lecture at Explorers Club Headquarters.

In-person tickets are $20 for Members, and $35 for the General Public.

Check-in will begin at 6:00 pm, with a beer and wine reception from 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Speakers

Peter Guttman

Peter Guttman is an award-winning travel journalist, author, photographer, lecturer and television personality, who has been honored with a Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence In Exploration and Storytelling, was three times named the recipient of the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year Award from the Society of American Travel Writers and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Travel Writers Society. He is the author of nine books that feature his intrepid adventures and travel experiences, and are the core of two highly praised series of hardcover books that he created for both Fodors Travel Publications and Skyhorse Publishing. Guttman was honored as one of “20 of the World’s Most Influential Photographers”, receiving a George Eastman Power of the Image Award in Beijing, China where his work was exhibited at the renowned Temple of Heaven. He has spoken at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, American Museum of Natural History and has been a featured TEDx speaker.

Guttman created the iPad’s very first #1 bestselling travel app, Beautiful Planet HD, named by NBC News as one of “eight outstanding apps”. He’s had solo exhibitions of his work at the United Nations, the American Film Festival in Deauville, France and Sotheby’s where he was the first living artist to have an entire floor of his work on exhibition. Guttman has taught popular classes at the International Center of Photography and the New York Institute of Photography.

He has been profiled with numerous television appearances on A&E, the Today Show, and CNN Travel Guide. He’s been a frequent contributor to National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Condé Nast Traveler, Dallas Morning News and BBC.com. His annual decades-long slide shows have been called “one of the hottest tickets in New York” by National Public Radio. Guttman’s work has been seen across multi-page spreads in Life Magazine, on international postage stamps, and on the covers of over a hundred books.

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