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on his blog. “If you still think just anyone can take compelling
photographs, take a look at
Natural Virginia.
Nearly every page
prompts a ‘wow’ or a smile or a memory. Like a fine painting, the
images demand that you linger and study their composition, texture,
and detail.”
Greenberg’s panoramic landscape photography inspires his readers
to celebrate the Commonwealth’s heritage, while simultaneously
reminding its viewers of the frailty of many of its natural areas.
“He did not just happen to walk by and snap a picture,” writes
Tayloe Murphy, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates
and the former secretary of Natural Resources, in the book’s foreword.
“Like all of his photographs, it represents how important timing and
experience are to the creation of a scene worthy of preservation.”
By Brennan Long
Last month Ben Greenberg, a lifelong
Virginian, avid environmentalist and an
award-winning photographer, published a
book of his landscape photography titled,
Natural Virginia
. The book divides Virginia
into three regions: Tidewater, Piedmont and
Western Virginia. The coffee table size book
features 122 panoramic color landscape
images from around the state.
“I want people to experience and fall in
love with Virginia’s natural environment,”
Greenberg said. “I want them to recognize the incredible diversity
of that environment, all the way from the Eastern Shore and the
Chesapeake Bay to the Blue Ridge and Alleghany Mountains and the
Shenandoah Valley.”
Greenberg said he has always dreamed of publishing a book that
would display the best examples of his photography in a meaningful
way and he said that
Natural Virginia
is that book.
“While everyone is taking photographs, not everyone is a
photographer,” wrote Chuck Epes, the assistant director of media
relations at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, in a review of
Natural
Virginia photographer
publishes book celebrating
the natural landscapes
of the Commonwealth
Long
Greenberg
