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Jane Fulton Alt STILL LIFE
Featured Book
A STILL LIFE
How one woman sublimated sorrow into regeneration by carrying through her deceased husband's ambitious native garden project Celebrated American photographer Jane Fulton Alt (born 1951) was never a gardener. That changed overnight when her husband Howard unexpectedly died, leaving behind a partially realized native garden--his response to a deepening concern about climate change. With the help and encouragement of her husband's mentors, she picked up a spade and began to dig, assuming full stewardship of the native garden while finding a new source of creativity and sustenance amid the grieving process. Still Life: A Photographer's Journey through Grief and Gardening is a story of resilience. Alt's keen eye and deep insights instruct us on how personal loss can be a catalyst for transformation. With texts by teacher and founding member of Spirit Rock Meditation Center James Baraz, native plant evangelist Doug Tallamy and photography impresario W.M. Hunt, Still Life is a quiet and moving reflection on loss and renewal.
This book will be available for purchase at the event.
About This Event
Jane Fulton Alt, Still Life
We are lucky to have Jane Fulton Alt living among us here in Evanston, and so happy to host her hometown event for STILL LIFE: A Photographer’s Journey Through Grief and Gardening (MW Editions). The images in this book are stunning, and the story behind them touches the heart, along with moving essays by James Baraz, Douglas Tallamy, and W. M. Hunt. Jane will be in conversation with editor Alexa Dilworth and will sign books following the event.
Doors and minibar open at 5:30PM
Getting here: We are located at 1620 Orrington Avenue, in downtown Evanston, just one block east of the Davis Street Metra and CTA public transit stops. There is metered street parking as well as numerous parking garages nearby.
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“In Still Life, we witness how sorrow can give birth to beauty and how loss can lead to a deeper connection with life.”
—James Baraz
In Conversation With
Alexa Dilworth
Alexa Dilworth, an independent editor, writer, and curator based in Durham, North Carolina, was the publishing and awards director at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University for more than twenty years. Currently a senior editor for Aperture’s Vision and Justice series and text editor of their Photography Workshop Series, she has edited the text and/or photos for over seventy books, including Larry Fink: Hands On/A Passionate Life of Looking (powerHouse Books, 2025), Pictures for Charis by Kelli Connell (Aperture, 2024), Graciela Iturbide on Dreams, Symbols, and Imagination (Aperture, 2022), The Pretend Villages: Inside the U.S. Military Training Grounds by Christopher Sims (Kehrer Verlag, 2021), and Road Through Midnight: A Civil Rights Memorial by Jessica Ingram (CDS/UNC Press, a New York Times Best Art Book of 2020).
About the Venue
Bookends & Beginnings
Eclectic indie store in the heart of downtown Evanston. New & used books and gifts. With an outstanding cookbook section and kids’ books in foreign languages.
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