Panoramic Landscape Photographs by Ben Greenberg
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Virginia RegionsTidewater Piedmont Western Virginia |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Emily K. Grandstaff
434-982-2932 | egrandstaff@virginia.edu
“Ben Greenberg truly captures the natural beauty and remarkable
diversity that we treasure and work so hard to preserve throughout
Virginia.”
—Michael Lipford, Executive
Director, The Nature Conservancy of Virginia
NATURAL VIRGINIA
Panoramic Photographs by Ben Greenberg
A century ago, legendary photographer Edward Curtis set out to capture
the traditional world of Native Americans before that world vanished.
Now, Ben Greenberg has done the same for the natural areas of Virginia.
Devoted to preserving and celebrating Virginia’s diverse but sometimes
threatened natural richness, Greenberg has spent years creating a
collection of more than one hundred stunning images that range from the
Commonwealth’s most well-known to its rarely explored landscapes. By
framing all of these photographs—whether of the Shenandoah Valley in
full fall blaze or of Tidewater piers in the afterglow of sunset—as
panoramas, Greenberg heightens the drama and immediacy of the moment,
forging an enduring composite portrait that captures Virginia’s natural
heritage while reminding us of its fragility.
NATURAL VIRGINIA (April 2014)
divides the state into the Tidewater, Piedmont, and Western regions. The
images in each, whether of a great blue heron emerging from river mists
or of an almost leafless autumnal tree on Skyline Drive, convey a sense
of grandeur while simultaneously inviting the viewer into the intimacy
of the settings. The photographs highlight the wide-ranging diversity of
the Commonwealth’s national and state parks, wildlife refuges and
management areas, as well as the state’s rivers, lakes, mountains, and
wild creatures.
Ben Greenberg
is an award-winning photographer, avid environmentalist, and lifelong
resident of Virginia. Having focused for years primarily on the scenic
vistas of Virginia, the mid-Atlantic area, and numerous states across
the nation, he recently has expanded his subject matter to include
waterfowl, particularly great egrets, great blue herons, ospreys, and
eagles.
PUBLICATION DATE: April 2014
240 pages 17 x 10 | 122 color photographs, 1 map
$59.95 T cloth ISBN 978-0-9898812-0-3
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