9.12.2007
SWAMP
I spent last week in the Everglades, mostly Big Cypress National Preserve, with a photographer Daniel Barry. We spent several days driving the Tamiami Trail, the long mostly uninhabited stretch of highway between Miami and Naples. In the process, Dan and I met a thoughtful Miccosukee alligator wrestler, a panther expert with a pack of hounds, a swamp buggy RVer, a hilarious fishing guru, and the maker of the finest blackened grouper sandwich this side of the sun.
The final morning in Big Cypress, two artists in Ochopee took us on a "swamp walk" for a few hours. It was a surprisingly serene experience. Mark Goodenough, pictured above, is a metal worker. See his swamp-inspired works at www.markgoodenough.com. And check out some of Dan's stuff in newspapers around the country.
I spent last week in the Everglades, mostly Big Cypress National Preserve, with a photographer Daniel Barry. We spent several days driving the Tamiami Trail, the long mostly uninhabited stretch of highway between Miami and Naples. In the process, Dan and I met a thoughtful Miccosukee alligator wrestler, a panther expert with a pack of hounds, a swamp buggy RVer, a hilarious fishing guru, and the maker of the finest blackened grouper sandwich this side of the sun.
The final morning in Big Cypress, two artists in Ochopee took us on a "swamp walk" for a few hours. It was a surprisingly serene experience. Mark Goodenough, pictured above, is a metal worker. See his swamp-inspired works at www.markgoodenough.com. And check out some of Dan's stuff in newspapers around the country.
posted by TB at 15:31
