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This is a journey through my backyard during a Northeast spring. 

I started on the first day of the season making images of crocuses, then moved on to whatever was next to blossom. Soon, daily
 walks with my dog led to surprises along the banks of nearby creeks or local parks. Come the 
last day of spring, I hope to have an alluring, albeit un-scientific, 
account of the plant life springing up all around. I welcome you to share your comments.

-Ron Tarver

A poster series and "self-select" book featuring images from this collection are available for purchase by visiting www.Fotelica.com

Over the past 30 years Ron Tarver has built a successful career in photography. He received a B. A. in Journalism and Graphic Arts from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. His work has been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Inquirer Sunday Magazine, National Geographic, Life, Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, and Black and White Magazine.

Aside from establishing a successful career in photojournalism, he has built a distinguished career in fine art. Tarver is a 2001 Pew Fellow in the Arts. He has also received grants form the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and, most recently a 2007 Independence Foundation Fellowship.

His photography has been exhibited nationally and internationally in over 30 solo and 50 group exhibitions and is included in many private, corporate, and museum collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The State Museum of  Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Oklahoma Museum of History and the National Museum of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. His work is represented by the Sande Webster Gallery in Philadelphia, PA, The Packard Reath Gallery in Lewes, Delaware, Soho-Myriad in Atlanta, GA and Grand Image in Seattle, WA. More can be seen on his website at rontarverphotographs.com.

All images © 2009 by Ron Tarver. All rights reserved.