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 Andrew Hempstead

 

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Andrew Hempstead has spent many years exploring, writing, and photographing worldwide. He has been a fulltime travel writer since 1989, when, after leaving a career in the field of advertising, he took off for Alaska, linking up with veteran travel writer Deke Castleman to help research and update the fourth edition of Moon Handbooks Alaska-Yukon.

Over the last 20 years he has authored and updated over 60 guidebooks for Avalon Travel, Frommer's, Michelin, Odyssey, Dorling Kindersley, Michelin, and Sasquatch Books. His writing has also appeared in numerous magazines and online for clients such as Northstar Media, Alaska Airlines, and Expedia. He also writes and edits for corporate clients such as Parks Canada and Travel Alberta.

In addition to his knowledge of the destinations he writes about, Andrew:

  • is an academy member of S. Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants
  • has spoken on guidebook writing to a national audience
  • contributed to a university level textbook on travel writing
  • has joined Tony Wheeler and Tim Cahill as an interviewee of Rolf Potts (read interview here)
  • has been featured in the Calgary Herald Travel section as a "famous Albertan"
  • is called on by CNN Travel for Canadian travel advise. 

Andrew's photography appears in all his guidebooks, and is also used by editorial, corporate, and government clients. Following a decade of representation by stock agencies in the U.S. and Europe, Andrew now markets his photography through the website Stock Photography from Canada where you will find sample galleries and stock photo lists.

Andrew and his wife Dianne also own Summerthought Publishing, the Banff-based publisher of the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide.

Andrew is accredited by the Canada Tourism Commission and is a member of the Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC) and Editorial Photographers.

The Hempstead's live in Banff, Alberta. The family photo page for 2009 is here.
 
 

 

  

 


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