Lynn H. Butler

Lynn H. Butler is a New York-based photographer invested in the preservation of the natural world and sacred spaces. She has worked in different geographies and societies, including Monterey County over the past 30-plus years. Her exhibit, Flames Against the Dark, opens at 5:30-7pm on Friday, March 6 at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History and comprises images taken on Esselen tribal lands. Butler takes photographs while in movement, often from horseback, and the images – many of which appear in her book, Flames Against the Dark: Saving America’s Sacred Sites – show that movement. Some images are holographic “phantograms,” viewed through 3-D glasses. The museum is located at 165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove. Regular hours are 10am-4pm Wednesday to Sunday; the exhibit is on display until April 19.