This work brings together two enduring subjects in Emmet Gowin’s photographic practice: his wife, Edith, and the natural world. Inspired by his travels to Panama, where he studied and photographed nocturnal moths and other insects in tropical forests, Emmet Gowin creates poetic, layered compositions that merge scientific observation with deeply personal imagery.

Combining silhouettes of Edith with delicate forms of moths, butterflies, leaves, and other natural elements, Gowin explores themes of love, memory, transformation, and the interconnectedness of human life and nature. These evocative photographs reflect his experimental approach to image-making and his lifelong fascination with the beauty and mystery of the natural world.

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Softcover, 61pp, 26 color images, 10 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.

First edition.

Publisher: Pace/Macgill Gallery, 2006

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