Clyde Butcher

CLYDE BUTCHER

Clyde Butcher’s photographs explore his personal relationship with the environment. For more than 40 years, he has been preserving on black and white film the untouched areas of the landscape. His images are captured with an 8”x 10” and 11”x 14” view camera and are printed in limited editions on fiber base paper, and then selenium toned for archival purposes. The photographic prints range in sizes 11”x 14” to 5’x 8’. Clyde also scans his black and white negatives then works on them in PhotoShop creating open edition prints.

Recent projects include:

Cuba: The Natural Beauty. Clyde was invited by the United Nations to travel to Cuba and photograph their mountains for the UN Celebration of the Mountains. The conference for the Caribbean region was held in Cuba where Clyde’s images were displayed. Apalachicola River: An American Treasure. A photographic study of the Apalachicola River concluding in a traveling exhibit of Clyde’s images from the Apalachicola River and PBS Documentary film. Living Waters: The Aquatic Preserves of Florida. A photographic study of the Aquatic Preserves of Florida concluding in a traveling exhibit of Clyde’s images from the Aquatic Preserves in Florida and a PBS Documentary film. America The Beautiful: The Monumental Landscape. An exhibit of Clyde’s images from across the United States. The exhibit opened at the Muscarelle Museum at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. From there it is traveling throughout the United States. Big Cypress Swamp: The Western Everglades. A photographic study of images from the Big Cypress Swamp concluding in a traveling exhibit of Clyde’s images from the Big Cypress Swamp and a PBS Documentary film.

Clyde has been honored by the state of Florida with the highest award that can be given a private citizen: the Artist Hall of Fame Award. He was also privileged to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Nature Photography Association and given the honor of being the Humanitarian of the Year for 2005 from International University. He has also received the Heartland Community Service Award from the state of Florida for educating the people of Florida about the beauty of their state. The Sierra Club has given him the Ansel Adams Conservation Award, which is given to a photographer who shows excellence in photography and has contributed to the public awareness of the environment.

A large selection of Clyde’s photography can be seen at his Venice Gallery & Studio in Venice, Florida, and at his Big Cypress Gallery, which is located on thirteen acres in the center of the Everglades, mid-way between Naples and Miami on the Tamiami Trail (Hwy. 41), in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The gallery is surrounded by more than a million acres of National Park wetlands and cypress strands of wild Florida.

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