Texas Butterflies: Volume One

by Farwa Naqvi, Mujtaba Naqvi (Photographer)

Overview

Butterflies are beyond beautiful. They are fascinating specimens of science and fundamental to our ecosystems. Each master of camouflage is an example of adaptation and art in nature. This photobook features stunning full-page, full-color portraits of butterfly species captured in multimedia artist Mujtaba Naqvi's unique style. Taken over many years and across Texas, these images celebrate and document the rich biodiversity of butterflies in the Lone Star State. As the first volume in the Texas Butterflies series, this is an excellent collection for lovers of butterflies, nature, art, and photography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666275186
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	04/17/2021
Series:	Texas Butterflies , #1
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

Mujtaba H. Naqvi is a multimedia artist who has spent years taking thousands of photographs of hundreds of species throughout the State of Texas.

Many of those portraits appeared in his traveling exhibit, Species at Stake, which highlighted the countless creatures we’re constantly surrounded by - but may not notice. Most of these animals, though integral to our ecosystem, are easily overlooked because we do not interact with them on a daily basis. In his exhibits, Naqvi enlarges the portraits to help the audience fully visualize, and thus realize, these lives. When possible, Species at Stake is exhibited on the floor as an interactive exhibit, such as at the National Butterfly Center, to force the audience to question why they are often more uncomfortable walking on photographs of living creatures than on the creatures themselves. 

Naqvi has been working on Species at Stake since 2016 and exhibiting the work since 2019. His work has been featured at Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge, The Upper Valley Art League, The Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce, The Border Theater, Speer Memorial Library, Bentsen Tower, Pharr Public Library, and numerous other locations.

Over a hundred of the birds captured in his collection are featured in his first photobook, Rio Grande Valley Birds, and his ongoing series Texas Wildlife celebrates the variety of species in the Lone Star state (also available at barnesandnoble.com)