Jerry Burchfield is an artist, curator, author and educator living in Southern California. From 1973 to 1987, Burchfield was the co-owner with Mark Chamberlain of BC Space Gallery, a pioneering alternative gallery space dedicated to showing non-conformist contemporary photography. Since 1987, he has been a Professor of Photography and Photography Gallery Director at Cypress College, Cypress, California. The author of several books and catalogues on photography, Burchfield recently co-founded the Laguna Wilderness Press. Known as an environmentally conscious artist-activist, Burchfield's work has received numerous awards including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. In April, 2004, Burchfield was the featured artist for Arts OC's 5th Annual Arts Awards ceremony. Recent books include Habitat and In Transition - El Toro: A Photographic Essay from Past to Present, published by the Great Park Conservancy, Tustin, California. Primal Images: 100 Lumen Prints of Amazonas Flora, a book on Burchfield's work in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil was released last fall. His newest book, The Edge of Air, featuring work by The Legacy Project was released in June 2005.

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