The wilderness that is Garden of the Gods is part of the Shawnee National Forest in Saline County, Ill., 20 miles southeast of Harrisburg. “Primitive” and “natural” are the words most associated with the Illinois gardens.
With the right preparation, hiking with the family can be a memorable experience, instead of a tear-streaked drama.
Leaf through the images in one of John Van Den Brandt’s calendars, and you’ll have the same reaction as a kid on the latest Six Flags roller coaster: “Ooooooooh!”
Since its invention in 1839, the unique power of photography has been utilized to record, report, and inform. Representing selections from the museum’s comprehensive Permanent Collection, Picturing the Process is an endeavor of the Education Department to present an evolution of the landscape from the pre-photographic era to the invention of photography and into contemporary times. (more…)
Wichita color photography pioneer Roy Meyer, who also helped shaped the outdoor portrait movement that began in the 1970s, died Wednesday from complications of multiple myeloma.