Blair Butterfield works across mediums, from community placemaking to photography, exploring the intersection of human culture and nature. Using ethnographic techniques—sound, video, and photography—she transforms fieldwork into installations, images, and books. Born near the Okefenokee Swamp, she studied at San Francisco Art Institute, Central Saint Martins, and earned an MFA from the University of Hartford’s Nomad9 program. After curating and exhibiting in Europe, she returned to the U.S. in 2008, founding Art of Cultural Evolution, a nonprofit blending art and environmental action through gardens, a 2.5-acre farm, and off-grid living projects. During her MFA, she collaborated with Camino Verde in Peru, emphasizing that reforestation and cultural healing are inseparable. She began her Plant Portraits series, highlighting regenerative, ethical supply chains. Now based in White River Junction, Vermont, she runs plantLust Botanicals, continues work with Camino Verde, exhibits nationally, and creates portraits of New England species.