Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change

Description

Breathtaking photographs address climate change and its effect on a universal symbol of beauty: the wildflower.

Exquisite photographs of California’s wildflowers bring awareness to the beauty of the Golden State – as well as to the dangers facing our natural habitats from climate change. All geographic regions of California are highlighted in this stunning show, from the high alpine “rock gardens” above 11,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Death Valley National Park’s below-sea-level environment.

The exhibit features 7 different sections: Mountains, Coastal, Desert, and Central Valley regions, the power of fire and renewal, a behind-the-scenes look at capturing these images, and an overview of California’s geographic regions – those diverse and delicately balanced ecosystems supporting spectacular explosions of nature’s color. Most importantly, these beautiful images address how climate change and other human impacts effect California’s wildflowers.

Photographers Rob Badger and Nita Winter are based in the Bay Area and have been been capturing powerful images for over three decades. Their work has been seen in galleries throughout California including the Thoreau Center for Sustainability in San Francisco, the G2 Gallery in Venice, CA, and featured in publications such as American Photo, Los Angeles Times, Natural Home, New York Times, OMNI, Sunset, Sierra Wilderness Society, Time and the Washington Post. Their new book, Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change, has won multiple awards since its recent publication, including the Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography; the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Awards’ Gold Medal for First Time Book Award – Nonfiction, Silver Medal for Art & Photography, and Silver Medal for Nature & Environment; and the Foreword Indies’ Silver Medal for Coffee Table Book (General), Silver Medal for Regional (Adult fiction), and Bronze Medal for Nature (Adult Nonfiction).

Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change, an exhibition by Rob Badger and Nita Winter, originated at the San Francisco Public Library and is traveled by Exhibit Envoy.