The Last Firefly 2015-2024

Fireflies, Selangor River, 2017

KL Petronas Towers in Fog, 2017

Firefly Trail, 2017

Petronas Towers at Night, 2017

Selangor River at Night, 2017

Red House at Firefly Park, Selangor River, Malaysia, 2017

Figure, Selangor River, 2017

Fireflies and Stars, Selangor River, 2017

Firefly Blur, Selangor River, 2017

Low Tide Trash, Selangor River, 2017

Fiona on Porch with Firefly, Danville, Virginia, 2016

Violet Catching Firefly, Danville, Virginia 2016

Waiting for Firelies, Elkmont, Tennessee

Waiting for Fireflies (home family), Elkmont, Tennesee, 2017.

Firefly Marks 7, 2015

Cameraless photo from fireflies walking on film

Firefly Marks 6, 2015

Cameraless photo from fireflies walking on film

Firefly Marks 3, 2015

Cameraless photo from firefly walking on film

Using the disappearing and threatened firefly as a way to explore ecology and our changing landscape, this book explores how the firefly provides a mirror that warns us of our tenuous human future. Traveling to photograph fireflies and the surrounding environments in Virginia, Malaysia and Thailand, Gowin uses photography to show the visual beauty of fireflies and the darkness they inhabit. It also highlights the impact of deforestation, light pollution, and overtourism that globalization has brought on in the 21st century. Forward by Johan Eklöf, Phd, author of The Darkness Manifesto, voted a best science book of 2023 by Scientific American.

The Last Firefly monograph from 2024. Available for sale here at Tin Roof Press.