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Salt Lake City: Livability in the 21st Century

A full-color, photography book showcasing Salt Lake City, Utah, paired with the histories of companies, institutions, and organizations that have made the city great.

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About <strong>the</strong><br />

Photographer<br />

About <strong>the</strong><br />

Author<br />

A D A M<br />

B A R K E R<br />

M E L I S S A<br />

F I E L D S<br />

Raised <strong>in</strong> Utah’s Wasatch Mounta<strong>in</strong>s,<br />

<strong>in</strong>ternationally acclaimed photographer<br />

Adam Barker’s passion for captur<strong>in</strong>g<br />

nature’s beauty is matched only by his<br />

zest for life. His bold landscape and<br />

active lifestyle imagery has translated<br />

<strong>in</strong>to stirr<strong>in</strong>g editorial work for Outdoor<br />

Photographer, Ski<strong>in</strong>g, Ski, Powder, Flyfish Journal, USA Today, The Drake, Mounta<strong>in</strong><br />

Magaz<strong>in</strong>e, and many o<strong>the</strong>rs. Additionally Barker has drawn praise for his hands-on<br />

teach<strong>in</strong>g style at workshops around <strong>the</strong> world, as well as his <strong>in</strong>structional DVDs.<br />

Barker’s vast commercial client roster <strong>in</strong>cludes Nike, Black Diamond Equipment,<br />

Volkswagen of America, Deer Valley Resort and Suunto Watches. When not shoot<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

Barker can be found spend<strong>in</strong>g time with his wife and three sons, or “product test<strong>in</strong>g”<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> mounta<strong>in</strong>s, on <strong>the</strong> river, or wherever else nature happens to call.<br />

Fifteen years ago native Michigander Melissa Fields drove across <strong>the</strong> U.S. to spend<br />

“just one w<strong>in</strong>ter” <strong>in</strong> Utah. A husband, mortgage and two wonderful kids later she still<br />

hasn’t managed to make <strong>the</strong> return move back to <strong>the</strong> Midwest. Tout<strong>in</strong>g Utah’s many<br />

attributes has made up <strong>the</strong> core of her career s<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>the</strong>n; Sunset, <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> Magaz<strong>in</strong>e,<br />

Utah Style & Design, Downtown <strong>Salt</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>City</strong> and Ski Utah Magaz<strong>in</strong>e are just a few of <strong>the</strong><br />

platforms from which she waxes poetic about her beloved adopted home state, and <strong>in</strong><br />

2013 she was named editor of Park <strong>City</strong> Magaz<strong>in</strong>e. In her free time Fields enjoys ski<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

road and mounta<strong>in</strong> bik<strong>in</strong>g, hik<strong>in</strong>g, camp<strong>in</strong>g and do<strong>in</strong>g all of <strong>the</strong> above with her family.<br />

Photograph courtesy of Piper Benjam<strong>in</strong>.<br />

S A L T L A K E C I T Y — L i v a b i l i t y i n t h e 2 1 s t C e n t u r y<br />

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