This website provides access to over 16,000 photographs, of which about 7,000 are images of lichens,
and over 6,000 of plants. There are six major divisions; some images appear in more than one category.
The most recent work is usually,
but not always, near the bottom of each subsection within a division.
Use rights for most
of the photos are available for purchase, with some restrictions; see below.
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Sierra Nevada Guidebook |
Below are four sections of images that have been recently added or updated. |
 Recent photos from the Santa Fe Plaza and surroundings |
 Recently edited photos in Natural Patterns |
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 Recently edited photos in Human Patterns |
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I'm working on an initiative to create a new national monument that would provide increased protection for old-growth Douglas-fir forests in the Pacific Northwest. Please go to the Douglas-Fir National Monument website for more information. |
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Two lavishly illustrated books about lichens are available from Yale University Press, your local bookstore, or online:
The contents of my old website, www.lichen.com, |
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Go to Vanishing Portraits) to see my 2008 exhibit at the University of California, Berkeley with text by Suzanne Guerlac, Distinguished Professor Emerita, UC Berkeley. |
| I have published a book called, Restless Peace; Images from the Cemeteries of Paris. It contains about 185 photos and can be ordered from amazon.com |  |
Use of Images
The photos on this website are copyrighted and available for purchase. For some non-profit organizations and non-commercial uses, I am willing to provide images without charge. The photos are presented at a low-resolution for viewing on the site, but each one is backed up by a high-resolution version. Please contact me for specific information on pricing and quality specifications.
Contact
To order an image, or for comments or questions, you can contact me at stevesharnoff@gmail.com
Purchasing Images
I charge for photo use on a sliding scale, since every situation is unique. Images of plants that were used in the recent guide to the Sierra Nevada are not for sale at this time, and photos of people are subject to some restriction on their use (see below).
You can click on the link below to send a payment or arrange to mail a check.
Acknowledgements and miscellaneous information
Thanks to Bob Gill for help with designing this website, to Steven Stephenson for some slime mold identifications, and to William Ferguson for a number of insect identifications. A number of the earlier images were taken by my late wife, Sylvia Sharnoff, and are acknowledged on the single-photo pages. See the Lichens home page for acknowledgements pertaining to lichen photos, and the Wild Plants page for acknowledgements pertaining to plants.
Out of respect for the privacy of people who are pictured on this site, the usage of those images is restricted to purposes that I feel would not be offensive or exploitative. For example, I would not knowingly allow the image of a person to be used in an advertising commercial without their written permission. A few of the photos of people have signed model releases, and I have indicated that on the single-image pages where appropriate, but the same general considerations about usage apply. Please contact me if you have questions about this.
