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Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > General
Photographed in the red light districts of Paris, Vicky
Wetherhill's first book captures the very essence of the peep show
- its titillation, its voyeurism, its seedy and secretive nature.
This is a world of shadows - of life on the margins - revealed
through voluptuously curtained neon-lit doorways, with their
strategic gaps and seductive folds. Footprints, shadows and patches
of light provide further visual clues of the provocative symbolism
at work in these images as even the clientele become anonymous
markers of this voyeuristic process.
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Becker County Historical Society; As told to Amy Degerstrom, Kelsey Opsahl
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A wonderland of sky, water, grass, and birdsong, the Ibera
marshlands of Corrientes Province are the preeminent wildlife
habitat in Argentina and a globally important natural treasure.
Esteros del Ibera, a landmark volume celebrating a peerless place,
invites the reader to experience this spectacle of nature. One of
the largest freshwater wetlands in South America, comprising more
than 2.5 million acres, the Ibera was forged from ancient
geological forces and the long-ago wanderings of the mighty Parana
River. Today the landscape is a locus of conservation activity
including a campaign to create a new national park to protect the
biodiversity of this striking region. Increasingly a destination
for nature lovers, the marshlands attract birdwatchers from across
the Earth, who come to see some 360 avian species that are found
here. A native son of Corrientes, world-class nature photographer
Juan Ramon Diaz Colodrero has spent years documenting the region's
birdlife and other wild creatures. In Esteros del Ibera, his
dazzling images put the reader into the heart of the Ibera's
life-affirming beauty. Supporting essays by leading regional
conservationists and other experts illuminate the Ibera's diverse
natural communities and distinctive human culture. While the area
is remarkably unspoiled, innovative conservation projects are
augmenting wildlife populations and returning missing native
species such as the giant anteater and the jaguar to their rightful
homes in the landscape of shining waters. The Ibera presents a
stark contrast to the modern world, a place where the trajectory of
land health is moving toward integrity and wildness.
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