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Journey Through Paradise Naples, Marco Island & The Everglades Alan S. Maltz Narrative By Karen T. Bartlett $60.00 (US) The fi ne art of Alan S. Maltz graces private, public and corporate Journey Through Paradise collections throughout the world. Naples, Marco Island & The Everglades These include The Carter Center and Presidential Library in Atlanta, Starry nights and sun-dappled days in Old Naples… Georgia; the Ritz Carlton in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; The glamorous boutiques, cafes, world-class museums American Airlines Arena and Carnival and galleries…rustic pioneer outposts, chic tin-roofed Cruise Lines in Miami, Florida; cottages and stately Mediterranean mansions… Southwest Florida International unspoiled miles of beach embraced by the aquamarine Airport in Fort Myers, Florida; and waters of the Gulf of Mexico…and fi nally, rarely- Canson-Infi nity, Caen, France. witnessed scenes in the untamed Everglades: Journey VISIT FLORIDA selected Alan as their Offi cal Fine Art Through Paradise represents one man’s two-year Photographer for the State of Florida. Additionally he was journey through a unique integration of sophistication designated as The Offi cal Wildlife Photographer of Florida by the Wildlife Foundation of Florida as he remains today. and wilderness that exists in few other places on earth. Alan and his work have been featured in leading national and We are invited to paddle with Alan through a maze regional publications, including ARTnews; The New Yorker, The Philadelphia Inquirer The Miami Herald O, The Oprah of dark and mysterious passages deep within the Ten ; ; Magazine; and Newsday. Thousand Islands. We accompany him along a narrow, seagrape-fringed sandy path and emerge onto a pure Established in January 1999, The Alan S. Maltz Gallery, in Key West, Florida, is home to Maltz’s spacious studio and white beach, deserted except for a hundred screeching features his cutting-edge fi ne art, innovative framing designs gulls. We can almost feel the gentle movement in a and published works. tidal pool as the water ripples over a living starfi sh just His books, Key West Color (1995) and Miami City of Dreams beneath the surface. (1997) have received numerous awards and recognitions including “Best Coffee Table Book of the Year” from the Alan tempts us to share his love affair with the curvature National Association of Independent Publishers. Florida... of the earth through the surprising effects achieved with Beyond The Blue Horizon (2006) was the offi cial welcome a fi sheye lens. He leads us into the diverse ecosystems gift for Superbowl XLI. His last book, Visions of Beauty - of a world-class botanical garden, pausing to experience Fort Myers, Sanibel & Beyond (2010), received national and regional acclaim. in a new way the riotous hues of a passion fl ower or a newly opened water lily. We ride with him at sunset along Alan, his wife Leslie, and family live happily in the lower Florida Keys. the edge of the Everglades to witness the breathtaking play of pinks, lavenders and golds that precede nightfall over the River of Grass. His interpretation of nature, Karen T. Bartlett is an award-winning architecture, light and form hover at times between a travel journalist, photographer, sonnet and a hymn. author of nine destination coffee table books, and a location scout for the fi lm industry. She writes Alan’s passion for this place, and for this body of work, often about her love affair with is refl ected in every element of the beautiful volume you Naples, the Everglades and the Ten now hold in your hands. From the thoughtful design and Thousand Islands. exquisite typography to the lyrical prose and fi ne art As Travel Editor of Gulfshore Life paper on which it is printed, every aspect of this book is magazine, and author of hundreds respectful of the moments captured on fi lm by a gifted of articles published throughout © Randy Simmons photographer and showcased within. North America, Asia and the Caribbean, Karen has explored some of the most fascinating places on earth. She earned her reindeer driver license in Lapland, dined on live termites in Venezuela’s Orinoco Delta, went fi shing with a U.S. president, and once was interrogated in South Africa for traveling with a Zulu spear. She is a member of SATW, the Society of American Travel 1210 Duval Street, Key West, Florida 33040 Writers, and ASMP, the American Society of Media Studio: Tel (305) 294-0005 Fax (305) 294-0097 Photographers. Karen was founder of the Atlanta-based Bartlett Group, a www.alanmaltz.com boutique PR fi rm recognized among the top seven agencies email: [email protected] in the Southeast. While she still provides PR counsel to select Printed in China clientele, she left the concrete jungles of city life to raise her children in Naples, and she has never looked back. Fifth Avenue Overview Naples 1 Spread 16 right Journey Through Paradise Naples, Marco Island & The Everglades Venetian Dream Venetian Bay Bridge - Naples 2 Journey Through Paradise Naples, Marco Island & The Everglades Alan S. Maltz Narrative By Karen T. Bartlett KEY WEST, FLORIDA Star of Marco Sandbar off of Marco Island 4 5 First Edition In Honor of Dr. James L. D’Adamo a True Master in the Artistry of Natural Healing Your Essence Will Live in Our Hearts Forever Publisher’s Cataloging-In-Publication Data Maltz, Alan S. Journey Through Paradise : Naples, Marco Island & the Everglades / Alan S. Maltz ; narrative by Karen T. Bartlett. -- 1st ed. p. : ill. ; cm. ISBN: 978-0-9626677-6-3 1. Naples (Fla.)--Description and travel. 2. Naples (Fla.)--Pictorial works. 3. Marco (Fla.)--Description and travel. 4. Marco (Fla.)- -Pictorial works. 5. Everglades (Fla.)--Description and travel. 6. Everglades (Fla.)--Pictorial works. I. Bartlett, Karen T. II. Title. F317.C7 M35 2014 917.59/44 Published by Light Flight Publications 1210 Duval Street, Key West, Florida 33040 Studio: Tel (305) 294-0005 • Fax (305) 294-0097 www.alanmaltz.com • [email protected] Colors of Infinity Naples Copyright © 2014 Alan S. Maltz. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording or by any information storage or retrieval system without prior written permission from the copyright holders and the publishers, except for brief passages in a review or article about this publication. All inquiries regarding the published works of Alan S. Maltz including corporate sales may be directed to the publisher. All inquiries regarding the fine art of Alan S. Maltz, please visit www.alanmaltz.com Printed in China 6 7 Sophistication Fanning out to the north and east of Old Naples is one of Florida’s most beautiful piers, as well as historic fishing docks, polished yacht harbors, glamorous resorts and lush golf courses. To the south are uninhabited barrier islands to and sun-kissed beaches. Still farther south are 19th century pioneer outposts, stone crab docks, and native Seminole villages, all perched on the edge of the vast, untamed Everglades, the Big Cypress Swamp, and the labyrinth of the Ten Thousand Islands. This protected wilderness is a sanctuary for both rare and spectacular creatures of the air, Wilderness land and sea. There is an elegant jewel of a city set into Florida’s pristine southwestern-most coast. A velvet ribbon of sugary white sand separates Seldom do we find such visual bounty created this sea grape-and-palm fringed seaside town Naples Pier 1 from the aquamarine waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Gracious Mediterranean architecture, with sparkling fountains and courtyards spilling over in tropical vines, by the hands of humans and the spirit of nature. creates a charming balance with pastel, tin-roofed cottages with white picket fences. When we find it, we want to gather it in our arms and hold it close. And when we must leave, we want to remember Her name is Naples. At her heart are the famed Fifth Avenue South and Third Street South shopping, dining and not just its shape and texture, but the way we felt at that magical moment in time. gallery districts. Her lovely sidewalks are designed for strolling, with park benches and sidewalk cafes, accented with stone pots of flowers, colorful umbrellas and old-fashioned street lamps. With our cameras we try to capture that moment. Sometimes, when the light is just right and all Naples is rich with world-class museums, performing arts centers and sophisticated five-star resorts. There are the stars align, we do. For those other times, glamorous waterfront mansions, wide, banyan-lined boulevards, narrow shell alleys, and avenues shaded by stately we rely on the words of poets, the paint brushes rows of royal palm trees. Within her boundaries are nature and animal preserves, and one of North America’s most of artists, and the lenses of photographers to Crescent Beach 1 Marco Island significant new botanical gardens. capture them for us. 8 9 Alan Maltz, with the heart of a poet, the vision of a painter and the eye of a gifted photographer, offers all three, defined and set apart by his unique artistic expression. Consider, for example, the stark, leafless limbs of a dead mangrove. On first glance it may appear to be a mar on the tropical landscape, until we see Alan’s lyrical image of a pair of velvety white egrets, captured at precisely the moment they land gracefully among its branches. Now, that gnarled mangrove trunk becomes an objet d’art; its very starkness providing balance and grace to the scene. This book, representing Alan’s two-year photographic journey through paradise, is not so much a collection of photographs as it is a treasury of emotions, captured somewhere in that realm between waking and dreaming.