Edible plants: a photographic survey of the wild edible botanicals of north america - jimmy fike

Jimmy W.

Fike was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1970.

Even at an early age he showed a penchant for art and a love for exploring nature.

He earned a BA in Art from Auburn University and an MFA in Photography from the Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Fikes photographs have been exhibited extensively across the United States, published in the Washington Post , Boston Globe , Los Angeles Times , Mother Jones , and can be found in the permanent collections of the George Eastman Museum, St.

Lawrence University, and the University of Alabama Birmingham.

He currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his daughter, Isobel, and dogs, Sallie and Scrappy, where he works as Residential Art Faculty at Estrella Mountain Community College.