
A collection of color photographic images highlighting nature and history in the Greater Washington DC area. The photos, taken by Thomas Paradis of the National Park Service, highlight the beautiful (a royal red cardinal flower with ascending blooms of scarlet, shot in DC's own Rock Creek Park, the bizarre (a leopard/tiger-patterned stalk of the grimly named American cancer-root, taken along the George Washington Memorial Parkway), and even the glitzy (neon lights illuminating the restored amusement park arcade at Maryland's Glen Echo Park), and many more. Photographs by Thomas Paradis. Text by Megan Nortrup.
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Tourists and members of the general public who are interested in National Parks would enjoy this collection.
Rated 3 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.com!
NATIONAL PARKS TRAVELER, Article - A Photographer's Path, Images of National Parks Near the Nation's Capitalby Kurt Repanshek, September 13, 2011 "
"With cameras in hand, Thomas Paradis set out to trace A Photographer's Path, Images of National Parks Near the Nation's Capital, and came home with a beautiful collection of images that should give those who live near the capital ample reason to go out and explore these landscapes themselves."
Product Details
- Paradis, Thomas
- Historic Sites
- National Parks
- Photography
- Washington, DC
- District of Columbia
- Photographers Path