World-renowned photographer Galen Rowell captures the ethereal beauty of San Francisco’s most notable feature, fog, in 80 stunning full-color photographs. These arresting images showcase the unexpected convergence of light, shadow, and form manifested in moody cityscapes. Quotations from some of America’s most beloved writers such as Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Dashiell Hammett, W. S. Merwin, and John Steinbeck accompany the photos in this evocative portrait of the city by the bay.
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Galen Rowell, internationally renowned photographer and mountaineer, is the author of such acclaimed books as My Tibet (with His Holiness the Dalai Lama) and Mountains of the Middle Kingdom. His work regularly appears in Life, National Geographic, Outside, and Sports Illustrated.
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Poetic sayings accompany beautiful full-page color photos,
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Fans of either Rowell's gorgeous photos or the San Francisco Bay Area will welcome Galene Rowell's Fog City: a set of impressions of the San Francisco region in fog. Poetic sayings accompany beautiful full-page color photos displaying the many nuances of San Francisco weather in full glory. A gorgeous visual guide and a keeper for any with a special affection for San Francisco, Fog City is enthusiastically recommended.
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Fast shipping, beautiful book. Galen, was such a wonderful photographer. Glad to add it to my collection.
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There is nothing on earth exactly like the fog of San Francisco Bay. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Golden Gate, Marin Headlands, North Beach New!
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There is nothing on earth exactly like the fog of San Francisco Bay. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, Golden Gate, Marin Headlands, North Beach New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Selected Poems by Eugenio Montale in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History by John Haskell Kemble in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Golden State by Rh Value Publishing in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Golden Songs of the Golden State (Granger poetry library) by Marguerite Wilkinson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays (Library of America) by Robert Frost in Back Matter
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