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His view from the 'end of the world'
Photographer Ed Lawlor usually focuses on Florida nature, but this time takes a look at remote Patagonia.
By BARBARA L. FREDRICKSEN
Published February 25, 2005
For years, New Port Richey resident Ed Lawlor has built a reputation as one of Florida's premiere nature photographers. His prints of birds and other wildlife have been showcased in galleries and are treasured by private collectors.
Today, Lawlor opens a three-day exhibit of photos from what he calls "the end of the world," Patagonia, the unique and remote area of lakes, steppes, glaciers and rocky coastlines of southeast Argentina and Chili. He made the photos during a three-week trek in December, when the area is experiencing spring.
The photos are from Torres Del Paine National Park, famed for its rose-colored granite peaks, turquoise glacier lakes, magnificent waterfalls and abundant wildlife, including the giant condor.
Lawlor's photos are of waterfalls, penguins, mountain ranges and, of course, the touchstone of his photographic career, birds. He took the photos with a Nikon 33mm camera.
The exhibit is open 5 to 9 p.m. today, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and during an artist's reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
"We worked the exhibit hours around the curtain times for the current show at Richey Suncoast Theatre," said Laura Turner, Lawlor's publicist. The exhibit area is in a "found space" next door to the theater, Turner said. Curtain times for the musical High Society (weekends through March 13) are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays, giving photo lovers two to three hours before each show a chance to see Lawlor's exhibit.
Signed, limited edition prints of the exhibit photos (11-by-14 inches and larger), either framed or unframed, are $185 to $285. The prints also can be ordered in smaller sizes.
I F YOU GO
WHAT: The End of the World - Patagonia, a photo exhibit
WHERE: 6235 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey (next door to Richey Suncoast Theatre)
WHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. today; 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; artist's reception 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday
TICKETS: None. Admission is free
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