Using the disappearing and threatened firefly as a way to explore ecology and our changing landscape, this book explores how the firefly provides a mirror that warns us of our tenuous human future. Traveling to photograph fireflies and the surrounding environments in Virginia, Malaysia and Thailand, Gowin uses photography to show the visual beauty of fireflies and the darkness they inhabit. It also highlights the impact of deforestation, light pollution, and overtourism that globalization has brought on in the 21st century. Forward by Johan Eklöf, Phd, author of The Darkness Manifesto, voted a best science book of 2023 by Scientific American.

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72pp, 45 color illustrations, 10.6”x9.5”

Hardbound in Brillianta cloth with tip in photograph and foil stamping

Edition of 300

Publisher: Tin Roof Press, Kansas City, 2024

ISBN: 979-8-218-39940-5