For the next four weeks we’ll decorate your desktop with contemporary images of the American South, seen much the same way as naturalist William Bartram saw it more than 200 years ago. Week 1 PRIMEVAL PEACE With rhythmic strokes, a paddler skims across a black-water river in Georgia. Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt Hand tinted by Jill Enfield Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger Week 2 WADING WITH THE ENEMY Passing on a tasty meal, an alligator swims past a wood stork that shares its watery retreat. Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt Hand tinted by Jill Enfield Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger Week 3 CARVING OUT A CULTURE A Cherokee artist wears his heritage in the form of a self-carved ceremonial mask, recalling William Bartram’s America when it was “Indian, wild, new, and pleasing.” Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt Hand tinted by Jill Enfield Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger Week 4 TWISTED SENTINELS Gnarled branches of live oak reach skyward on Georgia’s Cumberland Island. Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt Hand tinted by Jill Enfield Click your monitor size to download image: - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or smaller - 15 inches (38 centimeters) or larger For Windows 95 or Higher 1. Determine which size is appropriate for your monitor. 2. Click the size you wish to download. 3. After the image appears in your browser, click the right-hand button on your mouse. 4. On the menu that pops up, select SET AS WALLPAPER For Macintosh 1. Determine which image size is appropriate for your monitor. 2. Click the size you wish to download. 3. After it appears in your browser, drag the image onto your desktop. 4. From the Apple Menu (at the top left of your screen) select CONTROL PANELS, then DESKTOP PICTURES or APPEARANCE. (If the new window reads APPEARANCE, select the tab that reads DESKTOP.) 5. If necessary, click REMOVE PICTURE to clear the current desktop picture. 6. Click SELECT PICTURE or PLACE PICTURE, then locate and click the image file. 7. Click OK or CHOOSE. 8. Finally, click SET DESKTOP.

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