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Birds and Other Angels by Barbara Bosworth features large-format color photographs of birds in the hands of the people who study them, reflecting on care, attention, and the fragile interdependence between humans and the natural world. The essay, “My Favorite Angel Lives in the Met” by Laura Howes, (Professor Emerita, English and Medieval Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville) accompanies the photographs.
Five fold-outs throughout the book create an expansive view of the natural world, as seen through Bosworth’s customary 8×10 camera.
Bosworth writes, “Birds, to me, are wonderment. A flash of color, a song. I feel fortunate to have grown up in a family that paid attention to them.
The photographs in this book were made with an 8x10 film camera while working with bird banders in northeast Ohio and central Massachusetts. Bird banding is a method used to study behavior, track migration routes, and monitor populations. Licensed banders catch and then release the birds, collecting data that becomes part of a larger ecological archive.
Birds are deeply affected by shifts in climate, land use, and human presence. They remind us our world is fragile. With the banders, I found a generous community of people who treat the world with respect. My wish, before it is too late, is for us to all care for the environment, and pay attention to the birds and angels in our lives.”
Printed in Denmark
9” x 12.25”
88 pages with 5 fold-outs
50 images
Hard cover with tipped-in image
Gold foil stamped spine
Text by Barbara Bosworth
Design by Emily Sheffer
Published by Dust Collective
Spring 2026