© Dan Burkholder. Above: Tree in April Snow, Catskills.

Dan Burkholder was one of the first photographic artists to embrace digital technology, having originated the digital-negative process in the early 1990’s.  Melding his unique vision with mastery of both the wet and digital darkrooms, Burkholder went on to pioneer the use of platinum/palladium prints on vellum over 24k gold leaf.  Combined together, the membrane-like translucency of the vellum and iridescence of the gold leaf imbue Burkholder’s  images with a uniqueness all to their own. – courtesy  John Cleary Gallery.

© Jimmy Chin

Jimmy Chin is an adventure photographer and filmmaker who is part of Camp 4 Collective, a full-service video production house of like-minded artists and athletes. In addition to a myriad of amazing feats, including reaching the summit of Mt. Everest, Chin also placed in the 2011 Great Outdoors Photo Contest with this image of James Pearson climbing the first ascent of the Arch of Bishekele in the Ennedi Desert in Chad. The deadline for the 2012 Great Outdoors Photo Contest is Thursday, April 26, 2012. Chin will also be speaking at this year’s Outdoor Photo Expo in Salt Lake City, Utah, which will be held August 1 through 4.

“Gotthard #2754,” 2010. © Jörn Vanhöfen, courtesy of Robert Mann Gallery

In his latest exhibit “Aftermath,” German fine-art photographer Jörn Vanhöfen explores the physical, cultural and social forces at work around the world, and how they often collide with the natural world. The large-format color photos, now on display at the Robert Mann Gallery in New York City through May 5, are stunning in scale and detail. But they also evoke beauty, wit, drama and outrage in equal parts.

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All images © NZICESCAPES. Above: A view from a green ice cave on the Franz Josef Glacier – Westland National Park, West Coast, New Zealand.

NZICESCAPES Images is a specialized, boutique image library based on the West Coast of the South Island in New Zealand run by Peter and Kristina Hlavacek. They cover New Zealand landscapes, from Cape Reinga to Rakiura with a focus on the incredibly diverse West Coast of the Southern Alps. Within the last decade they have developed their expertise in photographing New Zealand’s glaciers, which is their passion and niche. Peter describes the impact of  glaciers as “the most powerful hand Mother Nature has. Glaciers take away entire mountains, change rivers, lakes and anything that lies in their way, and you can’t fix that. Furthermore, the colors of glacial ice is somewhat addictive for me and the icy scenery I’ve seen on glacier is something that is hard to match.”

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© Lunar Orbiter I NASA: Earth Seen from the Far Side of the Moon, frame 102H. Vintage double silver print panorama, 17 x 44 in. (432 x 1118 mm), Aug 23, 1966; 16:35 GMT, on modern archival mount.

This is the first photograph of the Earth seen from the moon. Lunar Orbiter I was the first of five unmanned orbiter missions sent to obtain photographs of proposed Apollo landing sites. Its Kodak-designed photography system consisted of a dual-lens camera, on-board film processor, and readout equipment. An 80-mm lens provided wide coverage on negatives marked M (medium resolution), and a 610mm lens provided a smaller area of greater detail marked H (high resolution). Orbiter I was launched on August 10, 1966, began photographing on August 18, and made its last photograph August 29, before crashing into the moon. It completed 547 moon orbits, making 211 M frames and 211 H frames, from altitudes ranging from 45 to 1,454 km. Courtesy Charles Isaacs Photographs.

Charles Isaacs Photographs is one of 75 galleries showcasing photography during the AIPAD Photography Show New York from March 29 – April 1.