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Wild & Scenic Illinois Corn State. Prairie State. Garden of the West. Each of these nicknames for the State of Illinois has a truth to tell. But not the whole truth. The world-class lens of Willard Clay reveals secrets about his home state that justify another nickname: the State of Hidden Delights. For Wild & Scenic Illinois, Willard Clay has crisscrossed the state's byways and trails in his search for the rare, the beautiful, the seldom-seen jewels of the Illinois landscape. The book you hold in your hands is the most discerning and the most rhapsodic portrait of the natural face of Illinois ever published. Clay's large format 4 x 5 camera sweeps the viewer from the shores of Lake Michigan south to the bluffs of Egypt, from the lyrical banks of the Wabash west to the stately procession of the Mississippi. To the modulating rhythms of the Illinois landscape in between, he brings an almost symphonic sensibility. Omitting no section or register from his composition, Clay has gleaned images from every province in Illinois, ranging across all seasons, times, and natural subjects. Clay's photographs are systematically grouped into Illinois's various landscape provinces, described in an informative text by naturalist Robert Hutchinson. In the photographer's introduction, Willard Clay shares his tips for tackling the technical challenges of shooting the landscape of Illinois. Formerly a professor of botany, Clay traces the source of his photographic inspiration to his close and patient observation of the secrets of nature. You can order the book directly from Willard Clay, please contact his office at wclay@mchsi.com or call 815 433 1472 for $30.00, $50 for 2 books or the following link at Barnes and Noble: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Wild-and-Scenic-Illinois/Robert-Hutchinson/e/9781563139420 |
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