Recover and Release

Book Details:  Hardcover ISBN-13: 9781954119505 112 pages; 50 Photographs 8.5 x 10.5 inches $50 US Foreword by Nancy McCrary Essay by Dr. Gregory A. Lewbart  For two years, Donna Wesley Spencer has been visiting wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centers to learn about and photograph animals and the people who care for them. Every year thousands of wild animals arrive in need of care. Their issues illustrate the problems that are diminishing their numbers - habitat loss, climate change, and human actions.   Donna Wesley Spencer is a fine art photographer whose life as a birder led to her current project on wildlife preservation called Recover & Release. She studied photography at the Evanston Art Center during her years living in the Chicago area, as well as in various workshops, and Penland School of Craft. She is a founding member of Perspective Gallery in Evanston, IL. She currently lives in a small town in North Carolina. Nancy McCrary has served as co-director of the SlowExposures Photography Festival in Concord, and founded South x Southeast photomagazine, photoworkshops and photogallery. Dr. Gregory A. Lewbart is on the faculty of the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, where he is a Professor of Aquatic, Wildlife, and Zoological Medicine. He is the faculty founder of the Turtle Rescue Team, a student-led wildlife clinic that has treated over 8,000 patients and generated over thirty peer-reviewed publications.