From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jon Ortner
Jon Ortner
Jon Ortner (Jonathan Ortner) • AIGA Design Award; Hawaii Visitors Bureau, Award
Jon Ortner (born 1951, Great Neck, Long Island, New for Best Photography
York) is an American photographer known for his work • Print Magazine, Regional Design Award
in the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal, Bhutan, and Ladakh. • Marsden Grant, Himalayan Research
He has photographed and written about southeast Asia,
including Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Bali, Java,
and India. He has most recently photographed in the
Media coverage
deserts and canyons of the American West. These photos • Architectural Digest, Adrift in a Mughal Garden, May
have been collected in Canyon Wilderness of the South- 1990 p. 90-95
west. • Architectural Digest, New York Special Issue,
Ortner attended University of Kansas, in Lawrence, November 1992, Cover and Special Edition Poster
Kansas, where he studied Photography, Eastern Philos- • GEO Magazine, Where Every Breath Is A Prayer, March
ophy, and Systematics and Ecology. At the age of 20 he 1982, V4, p. 74-85
made his first journey to India and Nepal where experi- • GEO Magazine, What happened to Shangri La, June
ences in the Himalaya focused the direction of his pho- 1983, V5, p. 24-31
tography. In 1978, Ortner moved to Manhattan with his • Natural History Magazine, Sacred and Profane
wife Martha McGuire where they opened a commercial Himalaya, January 1988, p. 26-35
studio. His assignment photography has been used in ad- • Print Magazine, Peaks, May/June 1985, p. 78-85
vertising and promotion for corporations and real estate • Travel Holiday Magazine, Sea Spell, September 1991,
developers. p. 58-64
Ortner’s photography in Asia has focused on the
highest mountains and deepest gorges on earth, and the
meditative philosophies of Hinduism and Buddhism that
Expeditions
evolved there. He has led expeditions throughout the Hi- • 2003-07 U.S.A. Utah, Arizona
malaya, some for as long as 65 days. Several of them have • 2000-01 Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, China
been documented in Buddah which has won an IPPY and • 1998-99 Thailand, Myanmar, Laos
a ForeWord Book Award. It’s introduction was written by • 1998 Bhutan, Masa Kang Himal, Tibet Boarder
Jack Kornfield. • 1996-7 Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, South India
His books combine graphic photography with schol- • 1995 Thailand, Cambodia, India, Java, Bali
arly and informative text. The importance of pilgrimage, • 1994 Thailand, Trek: Mae Hong Son, Myanmar
symbolic architecture, and the sacred topography of the • 1990-92 U.S.A., Hawaii, Molokai, Kauai, Maui, Big
Himalaya has been a recurrent theme in both his photog- Island
raphy and writings. • 1988 India, Kashmir, Ladakh
Ortner’s photographs have been shown at the Nikon, • 1986 Nepal, Annapurna Himal Circuit, Manaslu Himal
Kodak, and Neikrug Galleries in the United States. • 1982 Nepal, Annapurna Sanctuary, Kali Gandaki
Gorge
• 1979 Nepal, Khumbu Himal, Mt. Everest, Ama
Bibliography Dablam, Gokyo Himal
• Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest • 1977 U.S.A. Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Akutan Island,
• Buddha (Welcome Books, 2003 978-0-941807-28-9) Baby Islands, Unalaska Island
• Angkor, Celestial Temples of Khmer Empire • 1976 Nepal, Lamjung Himal, Cloud forests
(Abbeville Press, 2002 978-0-789207-18-0) • 1971 India, Kashmir, Amarnath Yatra
• Where Every Breath Is A Prayer (Stewart, Tabori &
Chang, 1996 978-1-556704-39-0) External links
• Manhattan Dawn and Dusk (Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
1995 978-1-556704-26-0) • Official Site
• Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest
• Buddah
Awards
Communication Arts, Design Award
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jon Ortner
Interviews Alternative names
Short description
• Nikon Online: On the Road Again: Cambodia and
Myanmar Date of birth 1951
• Print Magazine: Peaks Place of birth
Persondata Date of death
Name Ortner, Jon Place of death
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