{"title":"Constance Thalken","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"heart-of-a-bird","title":"Heart of a Bird","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of Heart of a Bird by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eConstance Thalken (2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst impression \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge format hardback in new condition \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e30x24cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e80 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"558\" data-start=\"153\"\u003eIn 1988, Constance Thalken began a five year journey photographing small communities in remote regions of the southeastern United States, from the Gulf Coast of Texas into Florida. She moved through landscapes shaped by water and heat, where human presence is provisional and the natural world remains dominant. These are places governed by older rhythms, where an ancient world persists just beyond view.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1161\" data-start=\"560\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"577\" data-start=\"560\"\u003eHeart of a Bird\u003c\/em\u003e examines the negotiation between people and the natural world, sometimes reverent, sometimes violently adversarial. This tension is most visible in Louisiana during the annual alligator harvest. Native to the marshlands of the southeastern coast, alligators have remained largely unchanged for millions of years, primordial presences holding fast as America evolves around them. Feared, hunted, regulated, mythologised, and commodified, they move between threat and resource, warning and attraction. In that resistance, the alligator becomes a measure of the society built around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1628\" data-start=\"1163\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Constance Thalken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58262365929854,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/Heart-of-a-Birdby-Constance-Thalken.jpg?v=1792421597"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/collections\/constance-thalken.oembed","provider":"Setanta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}