Picturing America's National Parks

December 10, 2004 10:08 AM

Picturing America's National Parks
Quang-Tuan Luong became the first person to photograph all 58 US national parks in 2002 and continues to do so, with over 3,600 photographs of them online. Last month, Scott Parker completed his two-year project of visiting all the national parks and documenting them in paint and pastel.
posted by driveler (11 comments total)

Quang-Tuan Luong's Terra Galleria has lots of great pictures to look at. You download a few desktop wallpapers of them here and here.
posted by driveler at 10:09 AM on December 10, 2004

Yum. There goes my productivity for a while. Thanks, driveler!
posted by DakotaPaul at 10:26 AM on December 10, 2004

Thanks man, those pictures are amazing. I was considering to go to Joshua Tree next week and now I am certain that I need to go there asap.
posted by swordfishtrombones at 10:39 AM on December 10, 2004

Jeez, what beauty. I want his job.

Kind of makes this guy's mission seem pathetic.
posted by mudpuppie at 11:44 AM on December 10, 2004

[this is good]
posted by me3dia at 12:56 PM on December 10, 2004

You can't go wrong going to Joshua Tree swordfishtrombones. Man, I've got to move closer to some National Parks.
posted by substrate at 1:14 PM on December 10, 2004

Great concept, but something's a little off about his composition. Not being a photogeek, I'm not quite sure what it is.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 1:41 PM on December 10, 2004

I want to see Glacier Park before the glaciers melt.
posted by homunculus at 3:11 PM on December 10, 2004

Scott Parker's paintings are lovely! Ta 4 da a href.
posted by DenOfSizer at 5:16 PM on December 10, 2004

Luong's shots of the Petrified Forest make it look a lot more interesting than I remember - good stuff.
posted by sophie at 11:09 PM on December 10, 2004

[this is very, very good]
posted by santiagogo at 2:05 PM on December 11, 2004