Dudley Edmondson

Over the past 32 years, Dudley Edmondson has become an established photographer, author, filmmaker, and presenter. His photography has been featured in galleries and publications around the world, most recently in Australia and Italy. His photographic work and travel adventures have taken him to amazing places, including the Arctic Circle of Alaska and the Bahamas. In 2006, Dudley set out to create a group of outdoor role models for the nation's African American community by writing the...See more

Over the past 32 years, Dudley Edmondson has become an established photographer, author, filmmaker, and presenter. His photography has been featured in galleries and publications around the world, most recently in Australia and Italy. His photographic work and travel adventures have taken him to amazing places, including the Arctic Circle of Alaska and the Bahamas. In 2006, Dudley set out to create a group of outdoor role models for the nation's African American community by writing the landmark book, Black & Brown Faces in America's Wild Places. During the Obama Administration, Dudley's book landed him an invitation to the White House for the signing of America's Great Outdoors Initiative. Dudley currently serves on the board for the Bell Museum of Natural History on the University of Minnesota campus in Saint Paul. In 2021, the Minnesota House of Representatives appointed Dudley to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, which makes funding recommendations to the legislature for the protection and restoration of Minnesota's prairies, wetlands, and forests, using funds from the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment. See less