Clyde Butcher’s large-format black and white photographs explore his personal relationship with the environment. The photographs chronicle some of America’s most beautiful and complex ecosystems. The exquisite depth of his works draw the viewer into a relationship with nature. For more than thirty-five years, he has been preserving on film the untouched areas of the landscape.

Image: Clyde Butcher, Moonrise, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, 1986, black and white photograph, 61 1/2×47 1/2 in.