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PHOTOGRAPHY By G. P. Cooper
Artist's Statement
"Most of my nature photography has been done since
my wife Marilyn (a native West Virginian) and I moved to Lewisburg during
the summer of 1991 following my retirement as Professor of Environmental
Health in the University of Cincinnati. If the photographs give pleasure
to the viewer, one of my main purposes will have been fulfilled. A higher
purpose will be served, however, if they are a reminder that the natural
beauty around us is fragile and must be protected if it is to endure.
Overpopulation, industrialization and mismanagement are destroying
ecosystems worldwide at a pace that should alarm everyone. Although West
Virginia has been relatively isolated and underpopulated, so that a large
part of its natural beauty remains intact, complacency will be costly. If
decisive action to reverse current trends is not taken soon,
much of this beauty probably will not survive until the middle of the
twenty-first century."
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Moon In The Morning
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Transition
Cold Knob
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Glade Creek Mill
Babcock State Park
Fayette County, WV |
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Coleman's Cliffs
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Alderson, WV |
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Blackwater River Canyon
Tucker County, WV |
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New River Gorge - Fall
Raleigh County, WV |
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Greenbrier River at Sharp's
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Highland Scenic Hwy
Pocahontas County, WV |
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Lavender Moo
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Red Maple on Cold Knob
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Old Bridge
Alderson, WV
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Foot Bridge at Sherwood Lake
Greenbrier County, WV
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Spring Morning at The General Lewis Inn
Lewisburg, WV
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Sunrise on Dauphin Island
Alabama
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Cows In The Mist
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Fork Greenbrier River
Durbin, WV
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Hills Creek Falls
Pocahontas County, WV
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Fog On Bear Rocks
Grant County, WV
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Dolly Sods Fall
Tucker, WV
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Hills Creek Falls
Pocahontas County, WV
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Rader's Valley
Greenbrier County., WV
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Sunrise On Dolly Sods
Grant County, WV
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Horses in the Mist
Lewisburg, WV
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Afternoon in Germany Valley
Pendleton County, WV
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Appearance and Reality
Paris 1998 |
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Manzanita Moonrise
Manzanita, OR |
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Meadow Creek 1
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Meadow Creek 2
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Meadow Creek 3
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Meadow Creek 4
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Misty Rose |
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On Monterey Mountain
Highland County, VA |
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Rhododendron
Greenbrier County, WV |
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Spring Snow
Near Taos, NM |
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Sycamore in Bartow
Pocahontas County, WV |
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Thunderstorm on North Rim
Grand Canyon, AZ |
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