Peter Guttman is a photographer, writer, author, lecturer, television personality, and adventurer, who has traveled on assignment to all seven continents and over 250 countries. Guttman was named by the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film as one of “20 of the World’s Most Influential Photographers.” The author of eight previous books, he has received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Exploration and Storytelling, has three times won the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year Award, and was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the New York Travel Writers Society. Guttman created Beautiful Planet HD, the first number-one bestselling travel app, and has had solo exhibitions in museums and at Sotheby’s and the United Nations. His work has appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, Geo, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, the New York Times, and Outside. Joining the ranks of Jacques Cousteau and Buzz Aldrin, Guttman was named a Fellow of The Explorer’s Club, requiring substantial contributions to mankind’s geographical knowledge, in 2023.