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Living Desert Photography Program at Quogue Wildlife Refuge |
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in Quogue, Hamptons, Long Island, New York |
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Date: |
July 27, 2013 |
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4:00 PM
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| Admission: | $35.00 per person per session. Space is limited, so reserve early. |
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Location: |
Quogue Wildlife Refuge |
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3 Old Country Road |
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Quogue, NY 11959 |
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Description: |
Living Desert Photography Program at Quogue Wildlife Refuge in Quogue, Hamptons, Long Island, New York.
The Quogue Wildlife Refuge will host a program with award-winning photographer, Dana Buckley, featuring her second book of fine art photography book, Dana Buckley: Living Desert. In Living Desert, Buckley captures plant life that has thrived in the most rugged conditions and presents life in all its brilliance, from the rare to the everyday. When Dana is not traveling for work, she resides in New York City and Quogue. Dana will discuss her work and then personally sign copies of her book which will be available for purchase. The program will be followed by light refreshments & time to chat with the Dana. This program is free and suitable for adults and families.
Artist Statement
In the desert, life is a struggle and beauty is even harder won. In Living Desert, Buckley captures plant life that has thrived in the most rugged conditions, including cactuses, agaves, aloes and shrubs. Buckley sees beauty everywhere in the desert and presents life in all its brilliance, from the rare to the everyday.
Buckley traveled to some of the nation’s most undiscovered terrain to assemble her second book of photographs. The images contained in Living Desert come from the Arizona-Sonaro Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona, the Anza Borrego Desert Park, Borrego Springs, California, Huntington Gardens, San Marino, California, Joshua Tree National Park in Yucca Valley, California, Palm Desert, California, and Lotusland, Santa Barbara, California.
"To me, the dryness of the desert has a certain resonance with the cement and stone of New York City, while the desert's mountain backdrop is reminiscent of the jagged skyline" says Buckley of the desert that offers both a comparison and contrast to the starkness of urban life. "This experience required a new kind of patience; rather than trying to alter the environment to get the shot I wanted, I yielded to its might and majesty" said Buckley.
About Quogue Wildlife Refuge
Quogue Wildlife Refuge is a non-profit orgnaization dedicated to nature preservation and environmental education. The nature trails are open to the public from sunrise to sunset, free of charge, 365 days a year. The Nature Center is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays-Sundays 11:00AM-4:00PM.
Quogue Wildlife Refuge is a 305-acre nature preserve nestled in the Village of Quogue. There are seven miles of nature trails located among a variety of habitats, including the Pine Barrens and deciduous forests, freshwater ponds, carnivorous and cranberry bogs, and the ecologically rare Dwarf Pines. The Refuge also serves as home to permanently injured, non-releasable wildlife, including a bald eagle, red fox, bobcat, owls, falcons and hawks. |
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631-653-4771 |
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