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Timm Chapman Photography Featured at Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park

(Phoenix, Arizona - December 16, 2008) - Timm Chapman's greatest love is landscape photography using Mother Nature as his model. He will be featured in a solo exhibition in the visitors' gallery at Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park during January 2009.

"Capturing Mother Nature is a daunting task," says Chapman. "She has many moods, many faces and a spectrum of beauty that is a true challenge to capture accurately. The elements of light, composition and drama must be present and come together to capture an image that evokes emotion."

Chapman will display a variety of images from his "Lords of the Arctic series," which captures the great Polar Bear on the Tundra of Northern Canada. He will also exhibit his unique "Sands of Time," which showcases the power and beauty of sand, particularly focusing on an errie town that is being consumed by sands in the Namib Desert in Southwest Africa.

Chapman moved to Arizona to live amongst spectacular landscapes. His home is at the base of the Superstition Mountains, which he says is an ideal base for photography. He makes the Arboretum a destination because the cacti and succulents make great abstracts that lend themselves equally well to black and white or color.

The Pinal County resident will teach a class January 31 for 12 pre-registered students. They will walk through the Cactus Gardens with cameras from 10 am until 1 pm. Class enrollment is $15 for Arboretum members and $22.50 for non-members. Phone 520-689-2723 to register.

Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park is located on U.S. Highway 60 three miles west of historic Superior in the shadow of Picket Post Mountain. Visit http://ag.arizona.edu/bta for more information.

For information about Arizona State Parks call (602) 542-4174 (outside of the Phoenix metro area call toll-free (800) 285-3703) or visit the website at www.azstateparks.com.

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