Phil Stekl
Photographer
Writer
Two generations, two books, one affirmation:
water harbors a soul...
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The Connecticut River
Photographs by William F. Stekl
Text by Evan Hill
Introduction by Roger Tory Peterson
Foreword by Senator Abraham Ribicoff
Wesleyan University Press, 1972, illustrated, 143 pp.
Out of print for decades and no small matter to acquire in the after-market, this photographic and penned portrait of a noble New England river, and eloquent plea to rescue it from industrial abuse, is a prize for naturalists at heart - a gem in the hands of all who appreciate the value of a healthy waterway.
What the reviewers said...
“Our collaborators here have done an outstanding job of presenting the river in photograph and words.”
Herbert Kenny
Boston Globe
Sept 13, 1972
“Evan Hill with sprightly prose and William F. Stekl with imposing and beautiful photographs take the reader from the mouth of the river to its source, describing and picturing the many beauty spots... An interesting and beautiful book.”
W. Emerson Wilson
The Morning News
Sept 25, 1972
“The book is thoroughly enjoyable and one can become lost in its beauty and in the beauty of its subject.”
William J. Clew
The Hartford Courant
Oct 1, 1972
The Wondrous Sport of Rowing
Photographs, text & verse by Phil Stekl, Olympian
Foreword by John A. Chatzky, Olympian & Patron
Message from Matt Smith, Exec. Dir. World Rowing
Blurp Publishing, 2020, illustrated, 54 pp.
Celebrate the day you discovered rowing - or the day you will - and help preserve our most ethereal, if not most precious, resource.
Authored by Olympic medalist Phil Stekl, with messages from fellow-Olympian and patron John A. Chatzky and World Rowing Executive Director Matt Smith, ”The Wondrous Sport of Rowing” pays tribute to the global rowing community. The sport, and the people it unites, are celebrated in a series of story-telling “scenes”, comprised of 12" x 24” high-resolution photographs and accompanying verse.
In recognition of water’s fundamental role in enabling and enriching the sport, fifty-one percent of the book’s net proceeds are donated to the Clean Water Project - the joint initiative of World Rowing and the WWF to promote freshwater research and education.
What the reviewers are saying...
“I hadn’t realized the extent to which rowing amplifies the beauty of nature until I let myself get lost in some of these pages. The images are beautiful... invite us into a deep gaze... a celebration of the family that we rowers are all a part of.”
Andy Anderson
Doctor Rowing
Rowing News
April 2021
Read Mr. Anderson's full review at:
https://www.rowingnews.com/2021/04/22/so-much-stems-from-rowing/
“... the book that all folks who truly love rowing need at this juncture.”
Oli Rosenbladt
February 2021
Read Mr. Rosenbladt's full review at:
https://www.row2k.com/features/5455/Book-Review--Phil-Stekl-s--The-Wondrous-Sport-of-Rowing-/
“Phil Stekl has captured the beauty of the sport.”
Gary Caldwell
Commissioner, IRA
March 2021
A member of the 1980 and 1984 U.S. Olympic Rowing Teams, Phil Stekl remains active in the sport as a veteran competitor and supporter. He settled in Austria with his family following financial careers in Hartford and Chicago and is now heeding the photography calling of his father, William F. Stekl, and writing. Follow Phil’s work on Facebook and Instagram.