One of the most photographed subjects on earth, the Grand Canyon continues to inspire awe, admiration, and frustration for those who attempt to capture its majesty with a camera. Reaching back 125 years into the photographic record of the Canyon, this book artfully explores the experiences of the earliest photographers as well as today's most exceptional artists through intriguing narrative and exceptional photography.
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"Lasting Light isn't a normal book ...[it's] a celebration of light in a place that defines color and dramatic scenery" -- Enchantment Magazine
"Lasting Light produces spectacular visuals enhanced with ...fascinating details regarding the advances of photography [and] stories of various individual photographers ..." -- Midwest Book Review
"The photography historian will delight in the evolution of cameras ...from the wet plate process of old ... to today's cameras ..." -- Bookideas
"Lasting Light produces spectacular visuals enhanced with ...fascinating details regarding the advances of photography [and] stories of various individual photographers ..." -- Midwest Book Review
"The photography historian will delight in the evolution of cameras ...from the wet plate process of old ... to today's cameras ..." -- Bookideas
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Stephen Trimble has received a broad range of awards for his photography, his non-fiction, and his fiction, including: The Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for photography and conservation; The National Cowboy Museum's Western Heritage "Wrangler" Award; and a Doctor of Humane Letters from his alma mater, Colorado College, honoring his efforts to increase our understanding of Western landscapes and peoples and his choice to remain a stubborn generalist. As writer, editor, and photographer Trimble has published twenty-two books, including: Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America * Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography * The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places (with Gary Paul Nabhan) * The Sagebrush Ocean: A Natural History of the Great Basin * The People: Indians of the American Southwest * and * Talking With the Clay: the Art of Pueblo Pottery in the 21st Century. Trimble makes his home in Salt Lake City and in the redrock country of Torrey, Utah. Trimble's website is www.stephentrimble.net.
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Lasting Light: 125 Years Of Grand Canyon Photography by award-winning author and photographer Stephen Trimble is a visual celebration and documentation of the beauty and grandeur of one of the most photographed subjects on earth -- the Grand Canyon. Comprised of the best of 125 years of great photographs beginning with the pioneering glass plate negatives of the 19th century to the digital images of the 21st century, Lasting Light produces spectacular visuals enhanced with an accompanying text of fascinating details regarding the advances of photography, stories of various individual photographers, and the relationship between the photographers and the unique American icon that is the Grand Canyon. As a coffetable art book, Lasting Light is a simply wonderful contribution to any personal, academic, or community library photography reference collection and would make a superb choice as a Memorial Fund acquisition for any library system.
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Lasting Light is a treasure, a compilation of photographs taken of the Crand Ganyon over a broad stretch of time. The viewer/reader may gain a sense of history, passing from the old to the new. The book is an experience in images of the vast wonder of the Canyon and the smallest, most discreet detail. Because the text is direct and not-technical, anyone interested in what is grand and lit by extraordinary light, the Grand Canyon itself, will find this work a delight.
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Yes, you would expect truly astounding photography here, and you get exactly that, in lots of different flavors too, but the stories are deft and revealing -- far more than in a book of photos alone of a place that you couldn't take a bad photo if you tried. Trimble himself is a master craftsman with the camera, but his service here is to gather some really remarkable work and voices into a tome that anyone who has gaped and prayed there will want to paw through before you get major brownie points for giving it to someone else. Terrific work.
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What a beautiful book!!
I'm planning a trip to the Grand Canyon and I bought this book to have some ideas on good photo locations.
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The book is a delight to the soul! Read more
Published on February 25, 2010 by A. Coutinho
Images of a grand Canyon
A beautiful selection of images that trace how the Canyon has been viewed through a lens over the past cnetury and how that view has evolved. Read more
Published on May 4, 2008 by Jay A. Frogel
Not what I thought
I bought this as a present for my wife. We had just returned from a trip that included a visit to the Grand Canyon, and I wanted to get her a memento of the visit. Read more
Published on September 12, 2007 by B. E. Newell
The finest Grand Canyon book at the lowest price....
This book is so awesome, and of such high quality, that its Amazon price seems surreal...I have two copies and am ordering a third, for posterity or whatever. Read more
Published on February 14, 2007 by David A. Marks
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YEARS AGO, I watched a woman step up to the rim of the Grand Canyon for the first time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Philip Hyde, Sierra Club, North Rim, South Rim, John Running, Eliot Porter, Ansel Adams, Marble Canyon, National Geographic, Glen Canyon, David Muench, Lees Ferry, Ernst Haas, Kate Thompson, Mather Point, Northern Arizona University, Sue Bennett, David Brower, Deer Creek, Larry Ulrich, Courtesy of the Cline Library, Tom Bean, Cape Royal New!
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YEARS AGO, I watched a woman step up to the rim of the Grand Canyon for the first time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Philip Hyde, Sierra Club, North Rim, South Rim, John Running, Eliot Porter, Ansel Adams, Marble Canyon, National Geographic, Glen Canyon, David Muench, Lees Ferry, Ernst Haas, Kate Thompson, Mather Point, Northern Arizona University, Sue Bennett, David Brower, Deer Creek, Larry Ulrich, Courtesy of the Cline Library, Tom Bean, Cape Royal New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Grand Canyon by Letitia Burns O'Connor on 8 pages
- The Grand Canyon (Ready-to-Read. Level 1) by Marion Dane Bauer on 6 pages
- The Eternal Moment: Essays On The Photographic Image (Aperture Writers & Artists on Photography) by Estelle Jussim in Front Matter, page 204, and Back Matter
- Grand Canyon: The Story Behind the Scenery by L. Greer Price on page 16, page 71, and page 162
- In Wildness by Sierra Club on page 32, page 40, and Back Matter
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