Product Description

Linda Rutenberg's images capture an astonishing world hidden in plain sight. By photographing public and botanical gardens at night, Rutenberg reveals a luminous landscape of plants, colors, shadows, and light. Twenty-one gardens throughout North America are included, each with intimate portraits of their regional flowers and plants glowing in the blackness, revealing a secret nighttime world of subtle yet vibrant beauty. An essay by celebrated author Christopher Dewdney illuminates the mystique of gardens and the nature of seeing. The Garden at Night will enchant art-lovers and garden-lovers alike.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #484762 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-11
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

About the Author
Linda Rutenberg has taught photography and worked as a freelance photographer for thirty years. She has a BFA in film and music and an MFA in photography from Concordia University. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally and can be found in many prestigious collections, such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Agnes Etherington Collection, Standard Life, and the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris. Ms. Rutenberg has also produced several books, including the award-winning Mont Royal: A World Apart and a series on North American cities with ECW Press. She lives and works in Montreal, Canada, and her work may be seen at www.lindarutenberg.com.

Christopher Dewdney is the author of Acquainted with the Night, a celebration of the art, the science, and the culture of nighttime. He is a prize-winning poet and essayist who has written extensively about language, culture, and media. He was featured in the internationally acclaimed documentary Poetry in Motion and is the author of three books of nonfiction-Last Flesh, The Secular Grail, and The Immaculate Perception-as well as eleven books of poetry. He is a three-time nominee for Governor General's Awards and a first-prize winner of the CBC Literary Competition. Dewdney lives in Toronto, Canada, where he is writer in residence at the Glendon campus of York University.

Customer Reviews

beautiful photography, a nice coffee table book
The Garden At Night contains some fantastic photographs allowing readers a glimpse into public gardens at a time that they might not otherwise be able to see them.
The night garden has a mystery all its own and I was a little disappointed when the book did not showcase more night blooming plants.
The book showcases twenty-one different gardens. Each section has historical and geographical information pertaining to each garden.
This is a lovely coffee table book.

The Garden at Night
This is an outstanding book for everyone interested in gardens. These 20 American and Canadian gardens are now on my list of places to visit. Amazing flowers, amazing lighting and photography.