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Otter Island Inkjet on Archival art papers 24” x 30”

Artist Biography:

Tom Blagden has been a professional photographer since 1980. He concentrates his photography on Costa Rica, Maine, and South Carolina, where he has lived since 1977. Bladgen’s photographs have appeared in most national conservation organization calendars, as well as in numerous national magazines and exhibitions. His photographs and writing are devoted to creating a unique sense of place as both a celebration of and a catalyst for land protection and conservation issues. He is an active member and has served on the boards of the North American Nature Photography Association, The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina, and the Lowcountry Land Trust. He is also a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers.

Blagden is an active traveler and lecturer on conservation issues. His current book projects include South Carolina and Maine. Blagden comes from a New England family of painters, is a graduate of Harvard University, and lives in Charleston with his wife, Lynn, and daughter, Sarah.

Tom Blagden

Charleston

Tom Blagden’s photographs are represented by Larry Ulrich Stock, Trinidad, CA

and The Martin Gallery, Charleston, SC.

About the Work:

This body of images depicts a classic representation of the diversity, subtlety, and vitality of the Lowcountry’s natural landscape. It asks of us a contemplative assessment with its broad vistas and soft landforms, defined mostly by water and wind, tide and light. My interest in photographing the Lowcountry is driven by a passion for nature and the belief that the natural world embodies mystery and aesthetic power beyond any rational understanding. I am not so much enamored of the photography as I am of the feelings and emotions generated by the natural world.

If ecology is all about the diversity of living things and their interrelationships, then nature photography is about the diversity of aesthetics that define our emotional response to Mother Earth. This very response connects us to the pulse of life. Images of nature remind us of who we are and, more importantly, that the well-being of our spiritual landscape is inherently bound to the integrity of our natural landscape.