Orlando Museum of Art
Orlando, FL
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Clyde Butcher, Wilderness Photographer, at Orlando Museum of Art
Clyde Butcher, one of the most renowned
photographers of Florida' s wilderness, will exhibit his work at the Orlando
Museum of Art May 20 - August 22, 1999. The exhibition will highlight new
works of the Disney Wilderness Preserve, owned and managed by The Nature
Conservancy.
Butcher, whose work is often compared with that of Ansel Adams, uses a large format camera to create rich and dramatic images in black and white. With an interest in capturing Florida photography, the drive behind his work has been concern for the restoration and preservation of Florida's natural resources.
Recent honors for Butcher include ABC News Person of the
Week, election to the Florida Artists' Hall of Fame and special achievement
awards from the Everglades Coalition, The Nature Conservancy and the Sierra
Club. 
Also,
Butcher has been featured on television in Europe and the Far East, as well
as PBS and Sunday Morning on CBS. Butcher's dramatic life-size photographs
may be seen in the offices of Vice President Al Gore, White House cabinet
members and numerous U.S. senators. In addition, his work of the natural
environment reaches millions of viewers each year through permanent installations
in airports, universities and public office buildings. Recent exhibitions
have been held in Jacksonville, Miami, Melbourne, St. Petersburg and Tallahassee.
From top to bottom: Seven Cabbage Cut, 1991, silver-gelatin fiber photograph, 60 x 108 inches, courtesy of Big Cypress Gallery; Florida Bay, 1994, silver-gelatin fiber photograph, 36 x 46 inches, courtesy of Big Cypress Gallery
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