Wired sent Aaland to Paris to interview filmmaker Chris Marker. The interview was later published as the cover story of Digital Creativity. Following the interview, the two became friends and correspondents. Aaland is currently working on a project that will honor Marker. Sweat bathing Aaland, as the author of Sweat: The Illustrated History and Description of the Finnish Sauna, Russian Bania, Islamic Hammam, Japanese Mushi-buro, Mexican Temescal, and American Indian & Eskimo Sweat Lodge, is recognized as an authority for sweat bathing. In 2014, Aaland organized the Perfect Sweat Summit in San Francisco, bringing together 50 international experts on sweat bathing. Aaland is currently filming a travel documentary series, Perfect Sweat, which combines his career-long interests in photography, travel, and sweat bathing. The documentary series is an exploration of bathing traditions around the world and revisits the topic of his 1978 book Sweat. Bibliography Sweat: The Illustrated History and Description of the Finnish Sauna, Russian Bania, Islamic Hammam, Japanese Mushi-buro, Mexican Temescal, and American Indian & Eskimo Sweat Lodge, Capra Press: Santa Barbara, 1978; reprinted, Borgo Press: San Bernardino, 1989; reprinted as ebook, Cyberbohemia Press: San Francisco, 2017. County Fair: Portraits, Capra Press: Santa Barbara, 1981. The Sword of Heaven: A Five Continent Odyssey to Save the World, Traveler's Tales: San Francisco, 1999. Pilgrimage to Kailash: Tibet's Holy Mountain, Cyberbohemia Press: San Francisco, 2013. The River in My Backyard, Cyberbohemia Press: San Francisco, 2016. Photography instruction Digital Photography (with Rudolph Burger), Random House: New York, 1992. ASIN B000KVE4BA Still Images in Multimedia, Hayden Books: Indianapolis, 1996. Photoshop for the Web, O'Reilly Media: Cambridge, MA, 1998; 2nd edition, 1999. Photoshop Elements Solutions: The Art of Digital Photography, Sybex: San Francisco, 2001; 2nd edition, 2002; 3rd edition, 2005; Wiley: Indianapolis, 2005. Shooting Digital: Pro Tips for Taking Great Pictures with Your Digital Camera, Sybex: San Francisco, 2003; Sybex/Wiley: Indianapolis, 2007. Photoshop CS2 RAW: Using Adobe Camera Raw, Bridge, and Photoshop to Get the Most Out of Your Digital Camera, O'Reilly Media: Sebastopol, 2006; reprinted as Photoshop CS3 RAW: Transform Your RAW Images into Works of Art, O'Reilly Media: Sebastopol CA, 2008. Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe's Next-generation Tool for Digital Photographers, O'Reilly Media: Sebastopol, 2007; 2nd edition, 2007. References Related reading Zwingle, Erlan. American Photographer, December 1, 1982. California Bookwatch, April 1, 2006. Ibid., May 1, 2008. Ibid., November 1, 2008. Internet Bookwatch, March 1, 2009. Lombardo, Daniel. Library Journal, March 15,