New exhibit honors Colorado’s plains and late, great nature photographer
Chancey Bush, The Gazette
Another exhibit has debuted in celebration of Colorado’s most famous nature photographer.
John Fielder’s work across the state’s eastern plains is now on display in the John Fielder Mezzanine Gallery at the History Colorado Center in downtown Denver. The exhibit is called “Horizon: On the Plains with John Fielder.”
The panoramic spread of large prints offers “a journey across the eastern plains to marvel at their splendor and ponder the vibrant, yet fragile, ecosystem that has shaped Coloradans’ lives for thousands of years,” read a History Colorado news release.
Picked from the thousands of pictures Fielder donated before his death in 2023, the exhibit “evokes the photographer’s emotional connection to these sublime and diverse landscapes,” the release added, “and invites viewers to lose themselves in the expanse of the Great Plains.”
“Horizon” is the second installment of a five-year series honoring Fielder, who battled cancer from his home in the mountains of Summit County. He continued traveling and photographing — continuing a 40-year career of publishing and leading various conservation initiatives. He prided himself on covering the state’s 104,984 square miles.
“No one saw Colorado quite like John Fielder,” History Colorado’s Chief Creative Officer Jason Hanson said in a statement. “And each new selection of his photographs exhibited in the John Fielder Mezzanine Gallery offers new perspectives on Colorado’s spectacular and diverse landscapes.”
Adult admission to the History Colorado Center is $15. The center is open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m.




