Book
Description
There
is a delicate lightness in each individual life in relationship
to the whole universe, yet each unique life contributes
something important to the unified force of all existence.
Autumn is the season when life can be at rest in comfortable
peace in life's constantly spinning push to appear and
grow. It is a time when the earth can take a deep breath
and show off its colors, when the bison cow can play
as she did when she was a calf. The vibrant and varied
colors of vegetation unique to autumn appear only after
the overpowering green chlorophyll evaporates. In the
furious push to grown, replicate and reproduce, the engines
of life in green plants are driven by this surge of chlorophyll.
Underneath this green all along is the color of the basic
structure of the plants. Only after the completion of
this growth and the abandonment of the mask of chlorophyll
are their true colors revealed.
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About
the Author
Tom
Murphy's photographic passion and specialty is Yellowstone
Park. Since 1975 he has traveled extensively within its
3400 square miles, hiking thousands of miles and skiing
on dozens of extended overnight trips in the backcountry.
His photographs have been used in numerous regional,
national, and international publications. Clients include
Life, Architectural Digest, National Geographic, Audubon,
and Time. Magazines such as Newsweek, The New York Times
Magazine, National Geographic Adventure, Esquire, and
others have sent him on assignments. His first book,
Silence and Solitude, Yellowstone's Winter Wilderness,
won a 2002 Montana Book Award. The video "Silence
and Solitude" produced by Montana Public Television,
earned an Emmy nomination for Tom's photography.
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