Ohio's 200th birthday is here and so is Ian Adams' masterful photographic exposition, "Ohio: A Bicentennial Portrait." Sole photographer of six books and two long-running calendar series on Ohio, Adams contributed the winning image picked by the US Postal Service for the official 2003 Ohio Statehood Stamp. With over 300 lush photographs that he has selected for this composite portrait of his home state, Ohio's premier landscape photographer treats Ohioans to a grand tour of their state's natural and historical treasures, arranged into chapters on Ohio's rocks, flowers, factories, conveyances, public art, schools, farms, seasons, and wilds. Stephen Ostrander, pundit of all things Ohioan, serves up a delicious but nutritious essay on each of Adams' pictorial themes. Adams and Ostrander summon all their artistic skill and native pride to portray the beautiful face of bicentennial Ohio: as it was, as it still is, as it has changed, and as it may be again. "Ian Adams has done an excellent job of capturing Ohio s beauty in his photography." -- Governor Bob Taft, State of Ohio, November 15, 2002 "Ian Adams' exquisite photographs capture the heart, soul, beauty, and grace of the Great State of Ohio." -- Michael Lucas, The State Librarian, State Library of Ohio, December 19, 2002 "Ostrander writes with authority on Ohio history and natural history. His text will entertain and educate all readers." -- Terry Mapes, Mansfield News Journal, December 15, 2002 "The images ... from Ohio: A Bicentennial Portrait ... are powerful, seductive, breathtaking, intense, subtle, and exquisite." -- Dorothy Shinn, art critic, Akron Beacon Journal, December 8, 2002 "This book is a masterpiece, capturing the heart and soul of Ohio with accuracy and finesse." -- Stephen George, Executive Director of the Ohio Bicentennial Commission, November 14, 2002 Ian Adams confirms his reputation as a superb interpreter of Ohio vistas in this extraordinary collection of photographs. -- Dr. George Knepper, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Akron, December 12, 2002 What a great book! Go Bucks! -- Jim Tressel, Head Football Coach, Ohio State, March 21, 2003 Winner of: · 2003 Ohioana Book Award · 2003 Outdoor Writers of Ohio Award · 2003 Ohio Magazines Best of Ohio A youthful emigrant to Ohio from Birmingham, England, Ian Adams has adjusted himself so well to his chosen country as to become the sole photographer of six books about Ohio and the Midwest and a regular contributor to numerous regional and national magazines, including "Ohio," "Ohio Week," "Ohio Motorist," "Plain Dealer," and "Midwest Living." He has also been the sole photographer for BrownTrout's "Wild & Scenic Ohio" calendars every year since 1989 and for its "Ohio Places" calendars since 1993. An historian by training and a naturalist by profession, Stephen Ostrander has written the definitive encyclopedic guidebook to the natural wonders of Ohio, "The Ohio Nature Almanac."