RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (December 4, 2007)--For Tim Ernst, a lifelong interest in the outdoors has led to a rewarding 32-year career as a nationally-acclaimed wilderness photographer.
“I grew up exploring the forest but didn’t get a camera until I was in college,” said Ernst. “The two just seemed to go hand-in-hand after that.”
The Arkansas Tech University Department of Recreation and Parks Administration and the TAKAHIK River Valley Hikers will present “An Evening with Tim Ernst” at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 10, in the Doc Bryan Student Services Building Lecture Hall.
His appearance at Arkansas Tech will include photographs of Yellowstone National Park in winter and many of Arkansas’ most beautiful waterfalls.
“I have traveled a great deal and photographed in most of the United States and much of Canada, but I prefer the intimate scenery and changing seasons of Arkansas the best,” said Ernst. “I’ll spend the rest of my lifetime exploring here and will probably never see more than 10 percent of what our great state has to offer.”
A native of Fayetteville and a resident of Cave Mountain in the Buffalo River Wilderness, Ernst is president of the Ozark Highlands Trail Association. His wilderness photographs have appeared in such publications as National Geographic, Audubon, Outside and the New York Times. He has also authored more than a dozen hiking trail guidebooks and published eight coffee table books featuring his wilderness photography.
Ernst received the Henry Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service from the state of Arkansas in 1995. He is also a past American Hiking Society Volunteer of the Year and a two-time recipient of the Take Pride in America awards at the White House in Washington, D.C.
