Bolivia [Hardcover]

Don McLaughlin (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 19, 2008

Any aspiring photographer would benefit by observing McLaughlin's ability to catch the dramatic light that flows through his pictures, his eye for composition, his portraits that capture the spirit of his subjects and his delightful storytelling abilities in the description of his images. Reproduced as duotone images this beautifully designed book gives the viewer time to stop and reflect on the images. This exceptional book will bring many hours of pleasure while one lives the adventure with McLaughlin as portrayed through his photography. Don McLaughlin - Bolivia is a must have for collectors of black and white photography books.

Editorial Reviews

Review

McLaughlin trained as a geologist and after serving in the U.S. Navy took a job with Standard Oil of California in 1954. Standard sent the young geologist to Ecuador via Argentina and on to Cochabamba, Bolivia in 1959. For a geologist, the smallest detail can be the one that reveals the big picture. A single fossil can define how an entire area was formed. For a photographer, those same details lines of light cast by columns along a streetside promenade or the intent gaze of spectators at a futbol game speak volumes about a place, its people and how they live. Throughout the three years that Don McLaughlin searched for oil he always kept one eye turned toward the photographic moment that would capture and define what he saw. The result of that intense scrutiny can be found in this book, which beautifully captures in black-and-white photographs a place and its people at a particular moment in the long continuum of time. --Sue Harrison Arts & Entertainment Editor, The Banner, Provincetown, MA

This is classic work that will grab you as soon as you open the cover. --Melanie Lauwers - Books Page Editor, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, MA

About the Author

15 July 1926 Born in Evanston, Illinois and moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts in the fall of that year. 1931-1939 Attended various schools in the Cambridge area. 1940 -1943 Attended Phillips Exeter Academy but without significant success. 1943 -1946 Joined the US Navy. Served in the US and the Philippines. 1946 -1954 Settled in Berkeley California, finished high school, attended the University of California at Berkeley and, this time, with significant success in the form of two degrees in geology. 1954 -1958 Worked as field geologist for the Standard Oil of California in Ecuador. 1959 -1962 Transferred to Bolivia as a field geologist. 1962 -1964 Transferred to Roswell, New Mexico as an office geologist. 1964 -1971 Left SOCal and worked for the foreign branch of the US Geological Survey in Colombia doing field work in the Eastern Andes and training Colombian geology graduates in the techniques of field geology. 1971-1972 Joined the Hanna Mining Company as field geologist. 1972 -present Left Hanna and moved to Orleans, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, wrote geological papers, writing and speaking on energy matters, played clarinet in several Cape Cod bands and sailed on Nantucket Sound. Also returned to photography, printing then showing the Bolivian work, doing portraiture and black-and-white work on Cape Cod.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 132 pages
• Publisher: Fields Publishing; 1st edition (May 19, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979059712
• ISBN-13: 978-0979059711
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 12.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,547,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #70 in Books > Travel > Latin America > South America > Bolivia

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