
Cuba
The Natural Beauty
Clyde Butcher(Author)
University Press of Florida
Published on 9. January 2006
Book
Hardback
72 pages
978-0-8130-2967-2 (ISBN)
Description
The United Nations declared the year 2002 as "The Year of the Mountains" and encouraged countries all over the world to have environmental conferences regarding the conservation of mountains. The Conference for the Caribbean and the Americas was held in Cuba, and Clyde Butcher was invited to photograph the mountains of Cuba for the conference. He spent three weeks photographing from the Sierra Maestra of the east coast to the mogote region of the west coast - rain forests, waterfalls, and cliffs that drop off into a perfect ocean. The beauty and majesty of Cuba's natural landscape are captured in his intimate compositions, their focus on shape and light, the horizon and the sky.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Florida
United States
Illustrations
52 photos, 4 pages of trip photos
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 229 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8130-2967-2 (9780813029672)
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Person
Clyde Butcher has recently been honored by the State of Florida with the highest award that can be given to a private citizen, the Artists Hall of Fame Award, for his photographic excellence. He has also received the Conservation Colleague Award from The Nature Conservancy, and the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Conservation Award, given for excellence in photography and contributions to the public awareness of the environment. He was also chosen Person of the Week on the ABC Peter Jennings Evening News program, and has received the Heartland Community Service Award from the State of Florida.