Most Americans consider the Ansel Adams images of the American West as their definition of American grandeur — grand vistas, powerful horizons, and mountain ranges. To those Americans who hold these standards, regious without those features are denied their interest and care.

The images in this collection represent my attempt to draw attention to additional places where grandeur resides — those forest and savannah cathedrals of old growth found in the East. These special remnant sites are the last echoes of a forest that dominated the eastern landscape and still serve as genetic resevoirs of our forested future.

In effect, I hope to contribute to a redefinition of the grandeur associated with American landscape. To me, grandeur also resides in the simplicity of elemental organic natural forms and the visual complexity of undisturbed habitats.

— Miles Lowry

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