Land and Light in the American West [Hardcover]

John Ward (Photographer), Becky Duval Reese (Foreword), William R. Thompson (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 16, 2004

John Ward has traveled extensively throughout the United States, exploring the country's national parks, forests, and wilderness, particularly in the West. Inspired by Eliot Porter and Ansel Adams and their vision of the American landscape, Ward began taking pictures in Rocky Mountain National Park. The resulting body of work, spanning three decades, is considered to be amongst the most striking in the field. This is the first major collection of master photographer John Ward's gorgeously detailed black-and-white images of the American West. Working exclusively with large-format view cameras, Ward is revered for his technical skills, strong compositional sense, fine detail, and the exceptional quality of his master prints. Ranging in scale from tree bark to the vast emptiness of the desert southwest, the 60 meticulously reproduced black and white duotone photographs in Land and Light in the American West highlight these qualities, providing a visual integration of landscape and ruin, transcendence, and decay, that speak to the powerful forces of nature and culture at work in the West.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 136 pages
• Publisher: Trinity University Press (September 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595340041
• ISBN-13: 978-1595340047
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,894,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A welcome addition to any photography library, January 10, 2005

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A rarity in this day and age of book production. Masterful photographs coupled with a very well designed and produced book. A joint venture between a noted photographer and the El Paso Museum of Art (and Foundation) and the Trinity University Press.