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America's Fifty-Nine National Parks: Celebrating 100 years of the National Park Service was designed and edited by True North Editions as a companion for the exhibition at the PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, California, of the work of QT Luong. QT Luong was the first to photograph all America's 63 National Parks - in large format. This book is a great introduction to the beauty of our National Parks.

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QT Luong was the first to photograph all America's 63 National Parks - in large format. He received the Ansel Adams Award for Photography from the Sierra Club, the Robin W. Winks Award for Enhancing Public Understanding of National Parks from the National Parks Conservation Association, and was featured in the film The National Parks: America's Best Idea. His photographs are extensively published and have been the subject of five books including Treasured Lands (winner of twelve national and international book awards), many newspaper and magazine feature articles, solo gallery and museum exhibits across the U.S. and abroad. Geir Jordahl brings his love of books and passion for images to the creation of a variety of visual projects. With his wife, Kate Jordahl, he founded True North Editions in 2012 as a collaborative effort to give voice to unique work by artists working authentically. They have worked together as a team since 1980 as editors, curators, and imagemakers.The Jordahl's book projects include San Joaquin: River of Spirit with the Ansel Adams Gallery, Searching for True North with Modernbook Editions, Native American Ceremonial Dancers, The Village: Bill Owens - Jamaica, Pride: Heart of a Movement and Bill Owens: CARS. Collaborations with Dreaming Mind including Traveler, Jizo, the Conversation Series, and the one poem books.sBook awards include a Gold Medal and Best of Show in the PubWest Book Design Awards, a Silver Medal in Prix de Paris and a Silver Medal in the Independent Publishers Book Awards for Searching for True North and a Silver Award-Photography and a Bronze Award-Art in the PubWest Book Design Awards for Native American Ceremonial Dancers. The Jordahls also edited, published, and designed Cultures in Transition: Spirit Heart Soul which features the photographs of Oliver Klink. Cultures in Transition has been awarded international nine awards including the 2019 IPPY Gold Award from the Independent Publisher and the 2019 Judges' Choice Award and a 2019 Gold Award from PubWest.Geir Jordahl has Masters of Fine Arts Degrees in Photography from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. In 1983, he founded with Kate Jordahl, the PhotoCentral Program in Hayward, California, and they were directors of PhotoCentral until 2020. The Jordahls now operate True North Editions, based in Bellingham, Washington. Their current publications are ""The Endless Sphere of Time"" with spherical photographs by Geir Jordahl and ""Poetry in Motions"" with the equine photographs of Oliver Klink. Both books were published in 2025. Kate Jordahl brings her love of books and passion for images to the creation of a variety of visual projects. With her husband, Geir Jordahl, she founded True North Editions in 2012 as a collaborative effort to give voice to unique work by artists working authentically. They have worked together as a team since 1980 as editors, curators, and imagemakers.The Jordahl's book projects include San Joaquin: River of Spirit with the Ansel Adams Gallery, Searching for True North with Modernbook Editions, Native American Ceremonial Dancers, The Village: Bill Owens - Jamaica, Pride: Heart of a Movement and Bill Owens: CARS. Collaborations with Dreaming Mind including Traveler, Jizo, the Conversation Series, and the one poem books.sBook awards include a Gold Medal and Best of Show in the PubWest Book Design Awards, a Silver Medal in Prix de Paris and a Silver Medal in the Independent Publishers Book Awards for Searching for True North and a Silver Award-Photography and a Bronze Award-Art in the PubWest Book Design Awards for Native American Ceremonial Dancers. The Jordahls also edited, published, and designed Cultures in Transition: Spirit Heart Soul which features the photographs of Oliver Klink. Cultures in Transition has been awarded international nine awards including the 2019 IPPY Gold Award from the Independent Publisher and the 2019 Judges' Choice Award and a 2019 Gold Award from PubWest.Kate Jordahl has Masters of Fine Arts Degrees in Photography from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. In 1983, she founded with Geir Jordahl, the PhotoCentral Program in Hayward, California, and they were directors of PhotoCentral until 2020. Kate is a Professor Emerita of Photography at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California. The Jordahls now operate True North Editions, based in Bellingham, Washington. Their current publications are ""The Endless Sphere of Time"" with spherical photographs by Geir Jordahl and ""Poetry in Motions"" with the equine photographs of Oliver Klink.

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