John P. Schaefer

John P. Schaefer is president emeritus of the University of Arizona, where he had an active twenty-one-year career in teaching and research. A conservationist and avid birdwatcher, he helped organize the Tucson Audubon Society and found the Nature Conservancy in Arizona. In addition to his academic and conservation work, Dr. Schaefer is a skilled photographer. He is the author of several books on photography, including A Desert Illuminated: Cactus Flowers of the Sonoran Desert. He and Ansel Adams founded the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona in 1975.
Desert Jewels Desert Jewels
Desert Jewels

Desert Jewels

Cactus Flowers of the Southwest and Mexico

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Of Earth and Little Rain Of Earth and Little Rain
Of Earth and Little Rain

Of Earth and Little Rain

The Papago Indians

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Where Night is the Day of the Moon

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