America the Beautiful
MIDWEST MUSEUM OF ART, INDIANA

ELKHART, INDIANA – Clyde Butcher’s America the Beautiful exhibit will be on display at the Midwest Museum of American Art from May 5 – July 16, 2023.

This collection celebrates the beauty of the American landscape from the Redwood forests of California to the Everglade swamps of Florida. Clyde majestically captures the public natural lands set aside by the Federal and State governments for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.

Clyde’s images of these treasured landscapes document the changing environment, capturing what is there today and encouraging us to enjoy the beauty of nature. Clyde’s images speak for countless diverse places of wilderness and respite found throughout all of America, allowing us an appreciation of our land.

“Clyde represents what we hope all great artists of our country hold true in their work: the responsibility of communicating the goodness of our world through the arts. Moreover, he has used his photographs as learning tools to inspire others, sharing his concern for our limited resources and endangered habitats” –Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States

Clyde’s Cuba Exhibit
Ave Maria University

Clyde’s Exhibit Cuba: The Natural Beauty will be on display at Ave Maria University, December, 13 – February 28^th. The exhibit will be located at Canizaro Gallery, which is located on the second floor of the library. Clyde will be at Ave Maria University for a book signing on January 30, 5:30 – 7:30 pm. This collection documents Clyde’s journey through Cuba on three separate expeditions. Discovering the warmth and hospitality of the Cuban people, through his photography, he has helped open Cuba’s natural beauty to the world. From mountain waterfalls to lush green jungles and grassy swamps to sandy beaches, his photographs reveal the seductive beauty, subtle grandeur, and majesty of this diverse island. The expedition to Cuba took him to places not seen by visitors in over fifty years. Cuba invited Clyde, as an official photographer, and conservationists from across the Americas and the Caribbean to meet in 2002, a year declared by the United Nations as “The Year of the Mountains.” The U.N. encouraged countries across the world to hold environmental conferences about mountain conservation. Clyde saw this as an opportunity to make a positive difference in the world and wholeheartedly photographed the remarkable island. “Clyde Butcher’s images of Cuba presented in this book will not simply be a melancholy record of what once was, but rather a celebration of what will always be.” –Robert L. Bendick Jr., Director, Southeast Division, The Nature Conservancy

America’s Everglades Exhibit
Youngstown, OH

This expansive wilderness collection represents the many years Clyde spent exploring the remote regions of the Everglades, experiencing its changes. It is a diverse and complex territory which reveals its beauty in many ways. His photographs reveal wild and natural places where few humans have ventured, and the images capture remarkable solitude and wonder. The Everglades is one of the largest wetlands in the world and the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. Shaped and sustained by seasonally flowing shallow water, the Everglades is home to dozens of threatened and endangered species, massive flocks of wading birds, recovering populations of alligators, crocodiles, and millions of insects. Exceptional for its diverse combination of rich plant and wildlife communities, varied habitats, and remote wilderness, the Everglades has perhaps most importantly become a beacon for conservation. “Clyde Butcher’s remarkable photographs give us access to nature we rarely see or experience. They not only reveal the intimate and majestic beauty of the Everglades–and the need to save this fragile environment–they also remind us of the abiding kinship we mortals share when we work together to preserve these magnificent places. Butcher’s art is a national treasure.” –Ken Burns, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker

America’s Everglades Exhibit
Ding Darling, Sanibel

Clyde will be mounting a special exhibition: The American Everglades as part of the Refuge’s 75th-anniversary celebration November 13, 2019, through February 5, 2020. This expansive wilderness collection represents the many years Clyde spent exploring the remote regions of the Everglades, experiencing its changes. It is a diverse and complex territory which reveals its beauty in many ways. His photographs reveal wild and natural places where few humans have ventured, and the images capture remarkable solitude and wonder. The Everglades is one of the largest wetlands in the world and the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. Shaped and sustained by seasonally flowing shallow water, the Everglades is home to dozens of threatened and endangered species, massive flocks of wading birds, recovering populations of alligators, crocodiles, and millions of insects. Exceptional for its diverse combination of rich plant and wildlife communities, varied habitats, and remote wilderness, the Everglades has perhaps most importantly become a beacon for conservation. “Clyde Butcher’s remarkable photographs give us access to nature we rarely see or experience. They not only reveal the intimate and majestic beauty of the Everglades–and the need to save this fragile environment–they also remind us of the abiding kinship we mortals share when we work together to preserve these magnificent places. Butcher’s art is a national treasure.” –Ken Burns, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Meet Clyde Butcher for the public opening November 13, 10:oo am-12:00 pm. Clyde will be giving two lectures on January 24, 10:00 am and 1:00 pm.

CUBA: The Natural Beauty
HCC Ybor City Campus, Tampa

Clyde’s Exhibit Cuba: The Natural Beauty will be on display at the Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City Campus in the Performing Arts Building at the corner of Palm Ave and 15th Street. The exhibit runs October 3 – December 6, 2019. This collection documents Clyde’s journey through Cuba on three separate expeditions. Discovering the warmth and hospitality of the Cuban people, through his photography, Clyde has helped open Cuba’s natural beauty to the world. From mountain waterfalls to lush green jungles and grassy swamps to sandy beaches, his photographs reveal the seductive beauty, subtle grandeur, and majesty of this diverse island. The expedition to Cuba took him to places not seen by visitors in over fifty years. Cuba invited Clyde, as an official photographer, and conservationists from across the Americas and the Caribbean to meet in 2002, a year declared by the United Nations as “The Year of the Mountains.” The U.N. encouraged countries across the world to hold environmental conferences about mountain conservation. Clyde saw this as an opportunity to make a positive difference in the world and wholeheartedly photographed the remarkable island.

Visions of Dali’s Spain
Collection at Venice Gallery

Visitors to the gallery will be able to immerse themselves in stunning images of Dali’s homeland on a grand scale.With a discerning and selective eye, Butcher traveled to the village of Cadaques, where Dalí spent summers while growing up, Dali’s house in Port Lligat and the rugged region of Cap de Creus – all areas that are prominently featured in Dali’s works – delivering a peek into his psyche. The thoughtfully curated collection will feature 41 photos that take viewers on a journey through the Catalonian region. The exhibit is Butcher’s first photographic exhibition of Spain, as well as the first time he has been commissioned to photograph an area that influenced another artist.

Living Waters Exhibit
Environmental Learning Center

Photographic images of Florida’s Aquatic Preserves by Clyde Butcher will be on display at the Environmental Learning Center on December 15, 2019 – February 28, 2020. Hours are Monday – Saturday: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sunday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. General admission fee $7 for adults and $5 for children. Call (772) 589-5050 for more details.

Dali/Spain Exhibit
Big Cypress Gallery

Visions of Dali’s Spain photographs by Clyde will be on display at the Big Cypress Gallery February 8th – March 4th. He he captures the Landscapes of Salvador Dali’s Life in a Collaboration Across Time. For Salvador Dalí, the landscape of his homeland was always an essential feature of his work and outlook on life. Nearly two years ago, The Dalí Museum sought out Butcher to use his talents to capture a body of images of Dalí’s Mediterranean home, featuring some of the world’s most dramatic landscapes. Butcher traveled to the village of Cadaqués, where Dalí spent summers while growing up, Dalí’s house in Port Lligat and the rugged region of Cap de Creus – all areas that are prominently featured in Dalí’s works. The thoughtfully curated collection will feature photographs that take viewers on a journey through the Catalonian region, with images ranging from an intimate 2 feet to a panoramic 8 feet.

Backus & Butcher
Exhibit: Florida Landscape

Two artistic paths, but one creative passion for the iconic majesty of the swamps, wetlands, glades, and savannahs of the state they call home. A.E. Backus with brush, oil, and canvas, and Clyde Butcher with large-format black & white photography, trained their expert eyes to capture the splendor in the wilds that still surround us.

Cuba Exhibit
PHSC Rao Musunuru, M.D. Art Gallery

Clyde’s Exhibit Cuba: The Natural Beauty will be on display at the Pasco Hernando State College art gallery from January 9th- February 22nd. Meet Clyde January 9th at the Museum. Book Signing 5:30-6:00. Lecture about his Cuba Adventures 6:00-7:00 and an additional booking signing after the lecture. Questions about lecture call Maria 727-816-3231 Clyde was invited to photograph the mountains of Cuba for the United Nations Conference for the Sustainable habitat of the Mountains. The United Nations declared the year 2002 as the year of the mountains. Environmental conferences were held throughout the world. The Conference of the Mountains for the Caribbean region was held in Cuba. Clyde was invited by Luis Bomez-Echeverri, U.N. Ambassador to Cuba and Parke Wright III. “It is my hope that these photographs open to the world unseen beauty that lies just 90 miles to the south of Florida.” Butcher said.