Author: ESSICK, Peter
Title: Fernbank Forest - Photographs by Peter Essick.
Description: Atlanta, Fall Line Press, 2019. 31 x 23.5 cm. [84] pp. Clothbound. Illustrated in colour throughout + small Fernbank Forest Guidebook [16 pp.] loose inserted in rear-pocket - Edition: 500. - This project is the result of a commission from Fernbank Museum to document Fernbank, a 65 acre old-growth forest in Atlanta proper, during a period of restoration.Peter Essick photographed the forest over a two-year period with the goal to produce a personal vision of this natural ecosystem that can coexist with a large metropolitan city. The book contains an insightful essay by Janisse Ray, an American author whose work grapples with the beauty, intricacy, and heartbreak of the biosphere. She tells the story of how Emily Harrison worked to preserve the forest beginning in the 1930s. - One corner of top of spine a tiny bit bumped, else a fine copy

Keywords: 9780979937996


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