Meet Clyde Butcher at the new gallery

Clyde Butcher, the Southwest Florida photographer and author known for his wilderness photography of the Florida landscape, has opened his first gallery, right here in Coconut Grove. Clyde Butcher Gallery is at the newly renovated Engle Building at the corner of McFarland Road and Main Highway at 2994 McFarlane Road. The space is located next to the soon-to-open Harry’s Pizzeria.

“Clyde Butcher is one of the icons of modern photography, and we are excited to have him in the community," said Raymond Fort, of Arquitectonica, principal of Main Highway Partners, the company redeveloping the building.

“Clyde Butcher is Florida at its best,” says Harold Fort, another Main Highway Partners principal and landscape architect at Arquitectonica GEO.  “He conveys to the world the message of our beautiful yet fragile Everglades through artistic photography.”

The Arquitectonica-designed gallery, with its high ceilings, will accommodate large pieces as well as small close-up photos.

The gallery had a soft opening the last week of December, with another soft opening on Tuesday, January 13, featuring a Clyde Butcher-hosted tour and reception. Clyde will give a little talk starting at 6:30 pm.