The Garden at Night

11 x 13 in; 176 pp ; 160 color photographs
Hardcover
Published in September, 2007
ISBN 0811861333
ISBN13 9780811861335

$40.00  

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The Garden at Night -- Linda Rutenberg's images capture an astonishing world hidden in plain sight. By photographing public and botanical gardens at night, Rutenberg reveals a luminous landscape of plants, colors, shadows, and light. Twenty-one gardens throughout North America are included, each with intimate portraits of their regional flowers and plants glowing in the blackness, revealing a secret nighttime world of subtle yet vibrant beauty. An essay by celebrated author Christopher Dewdney illuminates the mystique of gardens and the nature of seeing. The Garden at Night will enchant art-lovers and garden-lovers alike.

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Linda Rutenberg has taught photography and worked as a freelance photographer for thirty years. She has a BFA in film and music and an MFA in photography from Concordia University. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally and can be found in many prestigious collections, such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Agnes Etherington Collection, Standard Life, and the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris. Ms. Rutenberg has also produced several books, including the award-winning Mont Royal: A World Apart and a series on North American cities with ECW Press. She lives and works in Montreal, Canada, and her work may be seen at www.lindarutenberg.com.

Christopher Dewdney is the author of Acquainted with the Night, a celebration of the art, the science, and the culture of nighttime. He is a prize-winning poet and essayist who has written extensively about language, culture, and media. He was featured in the internationally acclaimed documentary Poetry in Motion and is the author of three books of nonfiction—Last Flesh, The Secular Grail, and The Immaculate Perception—as well as eleven books of poetry. He is a three-time nominee for Governor General's Awards and a first-prize winner of the CBC Literary Competition. Dewdney lives in Toronto, Canada, where he is writer in residence at the Glendon campus of York University.

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So romantic!

2008-02-21 | 10:35 PM | Guinevere Harrison

Maybe it's because my husband brought me flowers for Valentine's Day (pink tulips!), or maybe it's because the cover shot of this book reminds me of my wedding flowers (pink peonies!), but whatever it is, I'm loving The Garden at Night right now. It's completely unlike your run-of-the-mill House & Garden/Martha Stewart take on botanicals. These photos are hauntingly beautiful, and the colors that the author coaxes from these flowers (by moonlight!) are stunning. This book is pure romance.