CLYDE BUTCHER MATTED TRITONE PRINT

Think Florida and you probably see crowded beaches, neon and Mickey Mouse. The word I hear most often associated with my home state of 26 years is "tacky" and in many ways, that's true. But t is a fragile and precious part of Florida that many tourists pass by?…the Everglades, Florida State parks and nature preserves…places that still appear untouched by time, even though civilization has begun to take its toll. Thanks to photographer Clyde Butcher, himself a state treasure, the haunting beauty of the nation's only remaining subtropical wilderness is shown in the manner it deserves, as fine art. Landscape photographer Butcher, 67, shoots only in black and white. He uses old fashioned view cameras, some built in the early 1900s. These cameras can weigh up to 60 pounds and have film sizes as large as 12 by 20 inches. Butcher's dramatic use of light and his ability to capture nature's own masterpieces make his photographs powerful tributes to a vanishing land. He shows the Florida I would like the cynics to see. His original photographs, up to 5 by 8 feet and costing thousands of dollars are in private and public collections worldwide. In addition to photographs Clyde produces books calendars etc. In 1994, I published his first book and a calendar in 1995 & 1996. In a dusty storage room, I recently discovered a quantity of the pages from the calendars, which are now collectors items. These images are 11 by 16 inches and were printed in a tritone process using a multi color press with three colors of black or gray ink on high quality paper. I have a limited number of these prints which are matted to 16 by 20 inches on acid free mat board and mounted on foam core. They are offered for the first time and when they are gone, t will be no more. TITLE: LAKE ISTOKPOGA #4, 1989 T ARE 12 IMAGES IN THIS COLLECTION FROM HIS 1994 CALENDAR AND T ARE ONLY 6 COPIES OF EACH PRINT AVAILABLE CHECK MY STORE INVENTORY TO SEE THE ENTIRE CALENDAR PRINT COLLECTION FROM 1993 THROUGH 1998 "CLICK FOR THE HAPPY HAMSTER STORE" read more