Peter Guttman (photographer)

Peter Guttman was born in Roswell, New Mexicohttp://www.wilsonartcontract.com/peter-guttman/ Article on The Statement Website and grew up in the Fresh Meadows neighborhood of Queens in New York City. As a five-year-old, he received early recognition of his visual skills when his artwork was exhibited at the Lever House on Manhattan's Park Avenue. By the age of twelve, Guttman received notice for engaging in medical research involving the artificial heart. He advanced ideas for the development of an internal power source, and established relationships with such pioneering doctors as Adrian Kantrowitz, Michael DeBakey and Willem Kolff, who invited Peter to spend time with him at the Cleveland Clinic."Embryo Cardiologist." Roche Medical Image 9.1 (February 1967): 24-25

When his newfound interest in photography was sparked, he was given a Nikon camera by his grandmother at age 17. He graduated from Francis Lewis High School and received a degree in geography from Binghamton University,{{Cite web |date=2011-07-19 |title=Harpur Hotline |url=http://harpur.binghamton.edu/hotline/2000/may8/index.htm |access-date=2022-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719154856/http://harpur.binghamton.edu/hotline/2000/may8/index.htm |archive-date=2011-07-19 }} where his unconventional dormitory room was transformed into installation art of hand-built kinetic machines and collected objects amassed from early travels, becoming a must-see tourist attraction which received newspaper coverage. Hours before his university graduation ceremony, Guttman went skydiving, jump-starting a lifetime of collecting adventurous experiences. As a graduate, extensive tour guiding experience across North America helped develop his storytelling skills.{{Cite web |title=Binghamton University - Magazine: Peter's perspective |url=https://www.binghamton.edu/magazine-archive/index.php/magazine/feature/peters-perspective |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.binghamton.edu}}

Guttman is a visual storyteller seeking out the world's hidden corners through decades-long explorations. His body of work, which often investigates indigenous peoples and exotic wildlife, is supplemented by substantial elements of writing and research while employing innovative shooting techniques. Long before the GoPro, drones and selfie sticks, he would create surrealistic mid-air suspension shots, either utilizing his tripod as a fishing rod or attaching his camera to the wings of Allagash Wilderness floatplanes or the sails of Mojave Desert land yachts.{{Cite web |title=Duggal Visual Solutions |url=https://duggal.com/Home?aspxerrorpath=/newest-project/around-the-world-with-peter-guttman/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=duggal.com}}

During his global travels, he has climbed the riggings of tall ships, hiked onto volcanic lava flows, tracked gorillas in tropical rain forests and chased tornadoes across the great plains.Kodak Guide to Shooting Great Travel Pictures (Fodor's Travel Publications) New York, New York 2000 {{ISBN|0-679-03243-6}} pp.24-29 His adventures have led him to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, swim with pink dolphins in the Amazonhttp://www.eturbonews.com/4575/brazilian-tourist-board-takes-manhattan-storm-august Article in eTurboNews and sail an icebreaker to the North Pole. His images include Antarctic penguin colonies, Papua New Guinea tribesmen, indigenous Arctic nomads{{Cite web |title=CNN - Books: Interviews |url=http://www.cnn.com/books/dialogue/9901/05/guttman/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.cnn.com}} and camel adventures through the Namib desert.{{Cite news |last=Mindlin |first=Alex |date=2005-01-30 |title=Cozy Apt, World Vu |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/nyregion/thecity/cozy-apt-world-vu.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |issn=0362-4331}} Primarily shooting film, Guttman's images often depicted the pre-digital societies of wrangling cowboys, eel trappers and rattlesnake hunters, attempting to capture their cultural iconography.

Guttman is the creator of the influential "To Imagine" hardcover book series, a visual chronicle of magical lodging, adventures and experiences around the world, published by Fodor's Travel Publications. He later created the "Photographic" book series for Skyhorse Publishing, pictorial narratives of his global explorations and discoveries. His work has been featured in Calvin Klein and American Express calendars, spreads in Life (magazine) for which he was nominated for an Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography{{Cite web |date=2014-07-28 |title=Power of the Image Exhibition {{!}} Photographer Peter Guttman |url=http://www.poweroftheimage.com/bio_guttman.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728120739/http://www.poweroftheimage.com/bio_guttman.html |archive-date=2014-07-28 }} and has appeared in Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, and Geo.http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/tips_from_pros/peter_guttman.htm Feature on Kodak Website Guttman has also penned stories for The Los Angeles Times,{{Cite web |last=Guttman |first=Peter |date=2008-10-05 |title=See the world, get elected |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-oct-05-oe-guttman5-story.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} The Dallas Morning News,http://www.peterguttman.com/dallas.html Article written by Peter Guttman for the travel section of Dallas Morning News New York and Outside magazines,{{Cite web |last=sperkins-pom |date=2002-04-01 |title=Windows on the Wild |url=https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/windows-wild/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Outside Online |language=en-US}} among others.http://www.hotelresortinsider.com/news_story.php?news_id=134221&cat_id=9 Article in Hotel and Resort Insider In 2019, his circuitous career path and quest to attain a lifetime tightly packed with experiences were chronicled in his well regarded TEDx talk, "Ensuring Your Soul Doesn't Grow Gray Before Your Hair Does," given at the 1,170-seat Osterhout Concert Theater in Binghamton University's Anderson Center.{{Cite web |title=TEDxBinghamtonUniversity 2022 - TEDxBinghamtonUniversity {{!}} Binghamton University |url=https://www.binghamton.edu/events/tedx/index.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=TEDxBinghamtonUniversity - Binghamton University |language=en}} In 2022, he was named a Global Ambassador for Low Season Traveller, a new concept for international tourism.https://web.archive.org/web/20230923013428/https://lowseasontraveller.com/global-ambassadors/ Low Season Traveller Global Ambassadors Guttman was named a Fellow of The Explorers Club in 2023, joining the ranks of renowned alumni such as Ernest Shackleton, Jacques Cousteau and Buzz Aldrin.https://www.explorers.org/wp-content/uploads/Approved-Members-List_Jan_14th_2023.pdf Explorer's Club Fellow List

Guttman taught travel photography in New York at the International Center of Photography{{Cite news |last=Bierman |first=Fred |date=2006-07-16 |title=Using Cameras to Turn Tourists Into Travelers |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/travel/16prac.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |issn=0362-4331}} and his frequent slide show lectures have been met with wide national attention.{{Cite news |title=Traveler's Postcard |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1180395 |access-date=2022-08-19}} His career as a travel journalist has been profiled on A&E Television and he has appeared on NBC's Today, CNN Travel Guide and the Travel Channel. In a 2009 Kodak tribute to Kodachrome, on the occasion of the film's retirement after 74 years, Guttman was one of three photographers specifically referenced on their website as one of the "world's greatest photographers" and his work with that film was displayed in both slide shows and podcasts.{{Cite web |date=2011-07-13 |title=Kodak: A Thousand Words - A Tribute to KODACHROME: A Photography Icon |url=http://1000words.kodak.com/thousandwords/post/?id=2388083 |access-date=2022-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713173000/http://1000words.kodak.com/thousandwords/post/?id=2388083 |archive-date=2011-07-13 }} Hundreds of Guttman's images and extensive text comprise innovative multimedia presentations on a series of applications designed for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Best selling Beautiful Planet HDhttp://njmonthly.com/articles/lifestyle/people/tusk-love.html Article in New Jersey Monthly Magazine and Rooms with a View have been featured by Apple as Staff Favorites[https://web.archive.org/web/20150212120258/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rooms-with-a-view/id392550595?mt=8 iTunes] Rooms With a View HD in the Apple App Store[https://web.archive.org/web/20100408141834/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beautiful-planet-hd-for-ipad/id363660568?mt=8 iTunes] Beautiful Planet HD in the Apple App Store and, along with Children Around the World, have gathered numerous honors in the media.{{Cite magazine |last=Chen |first=Brian X. |title=Video: 5 Sweet Apps to Break in Your iPad |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/04/video-ipad-apps/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |issn=1059-1028}}https://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/10-apps-were-excited-to-try-on-ipad-launch-day/10/ Feature on Wired Website{{Cite web |title=Travel Navigation Apps News, Reviews and Buying Guides |url=https://www.imore.com/apps/travel-apps/navigation-apps |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=iMore |language=en}}http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/89780.aspx Feature on Bright Hub Websitehttps://www.kirkusreviews.com/issue/2012-best-of/section/book-apps/?page=3 Article in Kirkus Reviews In 2008, the coffee table book "Rare" published by Daab included Guttman's portrait in a roster of "amazing individuals" and "people of significance."https://web.archive.org/web/20151208095532if_/http://www.daab-media.com/vnoffice/data/0/0/7/241/Maloney%20-%20RARE.pdf PDF from Publisher's Website His work has been seen at museums, amongst films, on postage stamps and in the collection of both astronauts and international royalty.

Guttman is the author of "Nights to Imagine: Magical Places to Stay in America," "Adventures to Imagine: Thrilling Escapes in North America" and "Worlds to Imagine: Dream Journeys for Romantic Travelers," comprising the Fodor's "To Imagine" series which he created. He later published "Escape to Northern New England" also by Fodor's.{{Cite web |title=Amazon.com : peter guttman |url=https://www.amazon.com/s?rh=n:283155,k:peter+guttman,p_n_feature_browse-bin:2656020011&bbn=283155&keywords=peter+guttman&rnid=618072011 |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}}

"Peter Guttman: Faces of the World," a complete chapter of the "Kodak Guide to Shooting Great Travel Pictures" featured his career and portrait work. A chapter about Guttman's work and accomplishments, based on interviews with the New York Institute of Photography, appears in "Top Travel Photo Tips: From Ten Pro Photographers."https://www.amazon.com/Top-Travel-Photo-Tips-Photographers/dp/1581159951 Top Travel Photo Tips: From Ten Pro Photographers on Amazon Website

Guttman also created the "Photographic" series, for Skyhorse Publishing including "Christmas in America: A Photographic Celebration of the Holiday Season" now in its second editionhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1616080965 Peter Guttman's Book on Amazon Website as well as Guttman's sixth hardcover book, "Extreme Adventure: A Photographic Exploration of Wild Experiences" which includes ice climbing in the Rockies, land yachting in the Mojave Desert and scaling the girders of Australia's Sydney Harbour Bridge.https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Adventure-Photographic-Exploration-Experiences/dp/1629147591/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393129247&sr=1-5&keywords=peter+guttman Peter Guttman's Book on Amazon Website His seventh book, "By the Sea: A Photographic Voyage Around the Blue Planet" portrays earth's nautical cultures from canoe flotillas of grass-skirted warriors in Irian Jaya to mailboat journeys through Norwegian fjords.https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Photographic-Voyage-Peter-Guttman/dp/1632203308/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410496666&sr=1-9&keywords=Peter+Guttman Peter Guttman's Book on Amazon Website Guttman's eighth book, "Children Around the World: A Photographic Treasury of the Next Generation" provides a comprehensive survey of the planet's youth, and a roster of their intriguing, exotic habitats that range widely from Saudi Arabia to Mali.https://www.amazon.com/Children-Around-World-Photographic-Generation/dp/163450383X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=163450383X&pd_rd_r=CS2P7P6EFSGFFTTWS10Y&pd_rd_w=MQza5&pd_rd_wg=OsqmV&psc=1&refRID=CS2P7P6EFSGFFTTWS10Y Peter Guttman's Book on Amazon Website That book was published in a Japanese edition as well.https://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4767821576/hanbaiguch081-22 Peter Guttman's Book on Amazon Website

In 2005, an exhibition of his work, "The Magical Worlds of Peter Guttman" was shown at the American Film Festival in Deauville, France{{Cite web |title=Peter Guttman Renowned Author and Photographer Named Travel Journalist... {{!}} WireImage {{!}} 110248904 |url=http://www.wireimage.com/photos-c%C3%A9l%C3%A9brit%C3%A9s/Peter-Guttman-Renowned-Author-and-Photographer-Named-Travel-Journalist/110248904?r=110248905,110248904&st=Search |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.wireimage.com}} and in 2006, Guttman had a solo photographic retrospective of his work at Sotheby's in New York City, where he was the first living artist to be honored with an entire floor featuring his work.http://newyorksocialdiary.com/partypictures/2006/02_23_06/partypictures02_23_06.php Report on Peter Guttman's Sotheby's event His photographic images of the Amazon were featured in a 2008 exhibition at the United Nations. In 2014, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, Guttman's work was featured in a major exhibition of the world's most influential photographers assembled by Kodak Alaris and the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. Later that year, he made a joint appearance at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film with his teenage son Chase Guttman, himself a frequent winner of international awards for travel photography.{{Cite web |date=2015-01-04 |title=Wish You Were Here: Peter and Chase Guttman · George Eastman House Rochester |url=http://www.eastmanhouse.org/events/detail.php?title=wywh_guttman |access-date=2022-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104004334/http://www.eastmanhouse.org/events/detail.php?title=wywh_guttman |archive-date=2015-01-04 }} In 2018, Binghamton University Art Museum mounted a major retrospective of his photography, "Beautiful Pictures" which included a main gallery projection of Guttman's iPad app "Beautiful Planet" as well as a live performance of original orchestral pieces composed with inspiration derived from his photography. An accompanying focus exhibition, "Peter Guttman: Collection as Self Portrait" recreates his New York City living room, this exhibit was curated in part by Dr. Pamela Smart, and several of the museum studies program students including Taylor Hayes, Ashley Blake, Jenna Valone, and Maxx Mercogliano.{{Cite web |date=2018-02-09 |title=Award-winning photo journalist, BU Alum showcases photos from around the world |url=https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/award-winning-photo-journalist-bu-alum-showcases-photos-from-around-the-world/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=WIVT - NewsChannel 34 |language=en-US}}

Guttman's work in magazines, newspapers and books have resulted three times in him being honored as the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year, awarded by the Society of American Writers. "Adventures to Imagine" won the Benjamin Franklin Award as Best Travel Guide and was cited in "The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage" (Harvard Business School Press) as a landmark indication of society's new emphasis on experiences.The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage" (Harvard Business School Press) Boston, Massachusetts 1999 {{ISBN|0-87584-819-2}} pp.15, 209 Guttman twice received the Northern Lights Award for Excellence in Travel Journalism and Photography for his iPhone and iPad apps,{{cite web |url=http://en-corporate.canada.travel/content/ctc_news/ctc-names-northern-lights-winners-san-francisco |title=CTC names Northern Lights winners in San Francisco. | Canadian Tourism Commission |accessdate=2011-10-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405050919/http://en-corporate.canada.travel/content/ctc_news/ctc-names-northern-lights-winners-san-francisco |archivedate=2012-04-05 }} Announcement of Northern Lights Award Winners 2010{{Cite web |title=Canada.travel - Destination Canada |url=https://info.destinationcanada.com/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=info.destinationcanada.com}} Rooms with a View, and the number one bestselling iPad travel app Beautiful Planet HD. Beautiful Planet HD was also named by NBC News as one of "eight outstanding apps" for students.{{Cite web |title=8 iPhone and iPad apps for middle school students |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna48190005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630053732/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna48190005 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 30, 2022 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=NBC News |date=30 July 2012 |language=en}} In 2012, Children Around the World, created for the iPad, was selected as one of the "Best Book Apps of 2012" from Kirkus Reviews.

In 2013 Guttman was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the New York Travel Writers Society.{{Cite web |last1=Tuesday |first1=Source: New York Travel Writers Society Posted |last2=May 07 |last3=Permalink |first3=2013 at 9:25 AM CDT- |date=2013-05-07 |title=New York Travel Writers Society 2013 Award Individual Award Winners Announced |url=http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/new-york-travel-writers-society-2013-award-individual-award-winners-announced-248157.htm |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=ReleaseWire |language=en}} Guttman was a finalist in the international Travel Photographer of the Year 2013 competition.{{Cite web |date=2013-11-12 |title=TPOTY - 2013 Finalists |url=http://www.tpoty.com/judges/2013shortlist |access-date=2022-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112232905/http://www.tpoty.com/judges/2013shortlist |archive-date=2013-11-12 }} Guttman received a 2014 George Eastman Power of the Image Award in conjunction with a photography exhibition, Power of the Image, at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China when he was cited as one of twenty of the world's most influential photographers.{{Cite web |date=2014-04-10 |title=The Power of the Image Project Launches in China |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140410005570/en/The-Power-of-the-Image-Project-Launches-in-China |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}

Binghamton University honored Guttman with their inaugural Alumni Achievement Award in 2015, recognizing decades of "outstanding, significant professional achievement"{{Cite web |date=2015-05-18 |title=Binghamton University - Alumni Association: Alumni Leaders Conference {{!}} 2015 Alumni Association Special Recognition Awards Ceremony |url=https://www.binghamton.edu/alumni/get-involved/conference/awards-ceremony.html |access-date=2022-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080020/https://www.binghamton.edu/alumni/get-involved/conference/awards-ceremony.html |archive-date=2015-05-18 }} and in describing the event in their magazine, recognized his extensive research abilities, noting that "before Google there was Guttman." Guttman received the 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Exploration and Storytelling, an honor awarded to both him and his son Chase Guttman.{{Cite web |title=Duggal Visual Solutions :: Peter Guttman and Son, Chase, to Receive 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Storytelling and Exploration |url=https://duggal.com/peter-guttman-and-son-chase-to-receive-reach-the-world-2017-walter-cronkite-award/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=duggal.com}} In 2022, he was again honored by the Society of American Travel Writers with a Lowell Thomas Award for Instagram Storytelling.https://satwf.com/archives-2022-lowell-thomas-competition/ Lowell Thomas Award Winners

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• [http://peterguttman.com/start.htm Peter Guttman's Website]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110131010431/http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beautiful-planet-hd-a-photographic/id363660568?mt=8 Peter Guttman's iPad App- Beautiful Planet HD]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyzOsStObIo Peter Guttman's TEDx Talk]
• [http://www.32finearts.com/displaygallery.php?period=3&artist=35 Peter Guttman's Gallery at 32 Fine Arts]
• [https://www.youtube.com/user/ptrgtmn/videos Peter Guttman's YouTube Channel]
• [http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=15317&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=7558 Peter Guttman's Photography Tips at Kodak]

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