John Fielder Obituary

John Fielder was an American landscape photographer, nature writer. John Fielder died from pancreatic cancer on August 11, 2023, at the age of 73.

His death was reported by the Summit Daily News on Saturday. Fielder’s daughter confirmed the news to CBS News Colorado on Saturday saying the photographer, “left this world very peacefully, looking out at his beloved Gore Range with our family by his side.”

John Fielder was born on August 2, 1950. Fielder, a native of Washington, DC, relocated to Colorado after graduating from Duke University, where he studied accounting.

After working for department stores for eight years, he converted his interest of photography into a career. Since 1973, Fielder worked to become a premier landscape photographer, snapping more than 200,000 photos of Colorado’s varied ecosystems and terrains. He also published over 40 books.

He donated his life’s work to Colorado in January 2023. History Colorado is responsible for the collection, which includes more than 5,000 of Fielder’s photographs from every county in the state.