Exhibits for museums Rare birds, Marshes, Marshlands

Marshes: The Disappearing Edens

Marshes: The Disappearing Edens is a collection of photographs made in wild and remote marshlands all over North America, over a period of 30 years. The photographs are accompanied by text blocks citing William Burt’s new book by the same title (Yale University Press, March 2007).

It’s a beautiful exhibition, packed full of treasure and surprise, just like the marsh itself, providing glimpses of a world we seldom wander, and elusive creatures most of us will never see. Bird lovers, flower lovers, picture lovers – indeed art and nature lovers of all kinds – will explore it with wide eyes.

The exhibition comprises 40 large archival pigment prints of stunning quality, framed and glazed with Cyro museum acrylic. Text and title panels, wall labels, catalog and press package, and specially designed shipping crates − all are provided.

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Rare & Elusive Birds Of North America

Like the book, also titled Rare & Elusive Birds of North America (Rizzoli/Universe, 2001), this exhibition presents William Burt’s arresting photographs of North America’s wariest, least known, and most sought-after birds: the rails and bitterns of the marsh, the nightjars of the moonlit woods and hills, and a selection of enticing others.

During his 16-year pursuit Burt spent weeks in the field at a time, employing specialized equipment of his own design and visiting sites repeatedly − year a after year in certain cases, and sometimes in the middle of the night − to get the pictures he was after.

The exhibition features 20 museum-quality prints of extraordinary detail, framed and glazed with Cyro “OP3 AR” museum acrylic, ready to hang. Included are text and title panels, wall labels, catalog, and press materials. Crates for shipping are provided.

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Shadowbirds

(Retired)

After its long travel history (26 museums) Shadowbirds is now “retired,” and superseded by Rare & Elusive Birds of North America (above), now available.

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Slide Lectures by William Burt

William Burt has presented lectures and gallery talks to numerous museum, photography, and nature-oriented audiences, including the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Nuttall Club at Harvard, the Yale Peabody Museum (O. C. Marsh Program Lecture), the Buffalo Museum of Science (Vaughn Memorial Lecture), the Linnaean Society (American Museum of Natural History), and the Wilson Ornithological Club.

He now offers two slide-illustrated lectures, both based on his current exhibitions:

Marshes: The Disappearing Edens explores the best of North America’s remaining marshlands, with an eye to their alluring beauty and their little-known elusive birds. Many photographs presented are those seen in the new book (Yale University Press, spring 2007).
Rare & Elusive Birds of North America recounts the photographer’s 16 years spent seeking out the continent’s 20 most elusive “mystery birds,” all featured in his 2001 book (Rizzoli/Universe).

To inquire, please contact William Burt.