Clyde Butcher points to a telling detail in his photograph, “Ochopee,” at the Tampa Bay History Center. Credit: Nick Cardello

If Ansel Adams was a Florida Man, he’d be Clyde Butcher.

The former is America’s late foremost master of black and white landscape photography. Butcher is just as much of a national treasure who has dutifully presented Floridian landscapes with the scale and clarity they deserve.

“Living Waters” is a collection that’s been in storage and not shown in public in many years—but now on display at the Clearwater Historical Society.

In it, the now 81-year-old photographer showcases the state’s many springs, mangroves, meadows of seagrass and more, in the hopes that we all do more to protect it (Gaskin Bay, in Everglades National Park, is pictured).

A $5 donation is request if you visit “Living Waters: Aquatic Preserves of Florida,” which is open Wednesday-Saturday, through July 27 at Clearwater Historical Society. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.