Living Waters-Aquatic Preserves of Florida

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Clyde Butcher has been a fine art photographer for over thirty-five years. He became enamored with the light in Florida twenty years ago when the state became his home. When asked why he prefers to photograph the swamps and grasslands of Florida, Clyde responds, "Art follows your heart and my heart is in Florida."
Clyde's black and white images are captured on film with an 8"x 10"or 11" x 14" view camera, which enables him to express the elaborate detail and textures that distinguish the landscape of Florida. His hope is that through the photographic recognition of the natural beauty of Florida undeveloped areas of the state will be preserved.
Clyde has recently been honored by the state of Florida with the highest award that can be given a private citizen: the Artists Hall of Fame Award. He has also received the Heartland Community Service Award from Florida for educating the people of Florida about the beauty of their state. The Nature Conservancy has honored him with the... Tovább

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Clyde Butcher has been a fine art photographer for over thirty-five years. He became enamored with the light in Florida twenty years ago when the state became his home. When asked why he prefers to photograph the swamps and grasslands of Florida, Clyde responds, "Art follows your heart and my heart is in Florida."
Clyde's black and white images are captured on film with an 8"x 10"or 11" x 14" view camera, which enables him to express the elaborate detail and textures that distinguish the landscape of Florida. His hope is that through the photographic recognition of the natural beauty of Florida undeveloped areas of the state will be preserved.
Clyde has recently been honored by the state of Florida with the highest award that can be given a private citizen: the Artists Hall of Fame Award. He has also received the Heartland Community Service Award from Florida for educating the people of Florida about the beauty of their state. The Nature Conservancy has honored him with the Conservation Colleague Award and the Sierra Club has awarded him the Ansel Adams Conservation Award, which is given to a photographer who shows excellence in photography and has contributed to the public awareness of the environment.
Public Broadcasting has completed an award-winning documentary of Clyde Visions of Florida. A second PBS documentary, along with a traveling museum exhibit titled: Living Waters-Aquatic Preserves of Florida, has recently been released.
A large selection of Clyde's photography can be seen at his Venice Gallery and Studio in Venice, Florida, and at his Big Cypress Gallery located on thirteen acres in the center of the Everglades, mid-way between Naples and Miami on the Tamiami Trail (Hwy 41), in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The gallery is surrounded by more than a million acres of National Park wetlands and cypress strands of wild Florida. Vissza