Gary Ladd's Canyon Light: Grand Canyon & Lake Powell (Cerca Book) [Hardcover]

Gary Ladd (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2003

Gary Ladd confesses, "I'm not really so much a photographer as just a nosy soul interested in the canyons." But, Gary Ladd is far more than a mere observer. For him, photographing the wondrous and ever-changing beauty of both the Grand Canyon and Lake Powell has become an obsession. Ladd offers the best and freshest views of the famously beautiful canyons of the Colorado River. He also comments on the natural forces that sculpt rock, the techniques he used to photograph the result, and his adventures in getting himself to where the photos can be taken.

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About the Author

Ladd's photography has provided the visual backbone to Life, Arizona Highways, and numerous books, including Grand Canyon: Time Below the Rim, which won the Publisher's Marketing Association award for best nature book. Ladd has hiked and camped the Grand Canyon over 70 times in two decades, often carrying an 80-pound pack and rowing a wooden dory to capture images.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Stephens Press; First Edition, First Printing edition (September 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932173013
• ISBN-13: 978-1932173017
• Product Dimensions: 16 x 11.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,788,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Supurb Photography of Gary Ladd, December 17, 2003

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Alan W. Roberts (las vegas, nevada United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gary Ladd's Canyon Light: Grand Canyon & Lake Powell (Cerca Book) (Hardcover)

To those with an interest in the Colorado Plateau(more specifically the Grand Canyon & the Lake Powell area) the name Gary Ladd will be familiar.He one of the finest Large Format landscape photographers in the southwest. What is a little unusual is that he has devoted almost his entire career(30 yrs) to a very specific area: The Grand Canyon & Lake Powell. The tack sharp images are beautiful & are printed on excellent stock.These are not the usual overlooks that many are familiar with.Ladd has done strenuous hikes and spent over 50 days in the Canyon photographing the Colorado & the beautiful side canyons.He has given us photographs of places that very few of us will ever see.There are also excellent essays that Ladd has written. Each photo is captioned with as many as three comments relating to the land, his experience while taking the image, and information about the image.I loved this book and recommend it to anyone who loves the canyons of the southwest and those who would like to see the canyons through the eyes of a master.