Enchanted by Prairie (Hardcover)

June grass at sunset, Indian grass at sunrise, hawk moths and monarch butterflies nectaring on purple fringed orchids and rough blazing star, little bluestem and saw-tooth sunflowers and butterfly milkweed in hill prairies and sand prairies, and blue skies and one bright rainbow arching over them all. Bill Witt has been photographing Iowa's wild places for more than thirty years, and the result is this collection of splendid images that reveal the glorious beauty and diversity of the state's prairie remnants. Witt gives us close-ups of pasque flower shoots covered with ice in spring, coneflowers dancing in a summer breeze, and prairie dropseed in its autumn colors as well as such prairie companions as sandhill cranes, northern harriers, and bison. His panoramic visions of prairie landscapes in all seasons focus on the personal pleasure and spiritual sustenance that connecting with prairies, even small and neglected ones, can bring us. Osha Davidson's essay compares today's prairie remnants with yesterday's expanses and calls for us to restore balance to this damaged landscape. Altogether, ""Enchanted by Prairie"" celebrates today's prairie landscape and encourages us, in Davidson's words, to restore its 'beauty and scents and textures and sounds'.

General

Imprint:	University of Iowa Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Bur Oak Books
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	July 2009
Photographers:	Bill Witt
Contributors:	Osha Gray Davidson
Dimensions:	229 x 254 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	96
ISBN-13:	978-1-58729-803-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Nature in art, still life, landscapes & seascapes > General
LSN:	1-58729-803-1
Barcode:	9781587298035

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