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5.50" x 8.00"
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Leafhopper on Texas Thistle Bud Poster
by Steven Schwartzman
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Leafhopper on Texas Thistle Bud poster by Steven Schwartzman. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
Design Details
The strange insect known as a leafhopper (Cuerna costalis) on the bud of a Texas thistle (Cirsium texanum).
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Artist's Description
The strange insect known as a leafhopper (Cuerna costalis) on the bud of a Texas thistle (Cirsium texanum).
About Steven Schwartzman
I've been involved with photography since the late 1960s, when I got my first real camera toward the end of my two years in Honduras as a Peace Corps math teacher. From the 1970s through the mid-1980s I went through a phase of black and white infrared photography, often even in 3-D. My current period began in 1999. Call me a nature photographer and you won't be wrong, but because there's not a lot of majestic scenery where I live (which is Austin, Texas), I've gotten interested in portraying the native plants of the region, especially our many wildflowers. Along with them come occasional butterflies, birds, and other small creatures. I often think of all these subjects, even the plants, as if they were posing for portraits, so you could...
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Adria Trail
I see that you treat your thistles as florals. Lovely poetic photographs here!
Steven Schwartzman replied:
Thanks, Adria. Yes, I treat thistles as wildflowers, and they're among the most photogenic I know, whether budding (as here), flowering, or turning into a loose mass of down. The Texas thistle plants are just coming up now in Austin, and I'm excited to see them.