Sacred Lands of the Southwest [Hardcover]

Harvey Lloyd (Author), Michael Fox (Author), Massimo Vignelli (Designer)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1995

This large-format book beautifully showcases the magnificent lands of the Southwest--designated by the desert, the uplands and the plateau areas of the southwest region of the U.S. This phenomenal landscape, a natural and miraculous recording of millennia, remains unique in the world of its ever-changing yet eternal vistas. Color photos.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this large-format volume, Lloyd, aerial photographer and photojournalist (Our Voices, Our Land), presents the splendors of the Colorado Plateau, the desert region sacred to Native Americans that encompasses parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. His glorious photographs capture the color, light and drama of those spectacular lands and their many natural wonders: Canyonlands, Petrified Forest, Grand Canyon, Arches, Bryce Canyon and Mesa Verde national parks, as well as the Painted Desert and Monument Valley. The accompanying text contains celebratory quotations from Native Americans and excerpts from descriptions of the area by Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Joseph Wood Krutch and other well-known nature writers. In a prologue and a final section, Lloyd describes his experiences as a photographer soaring above this astonishing landscape. The design does not measure up to the high quality of the photos and the writings, for in some places the text disappears into the inside margin.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: The Monacelli Press (November 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1885254113
• ISBN-13: 978-1885254115
• Product Dimensions: 14.4 x 10.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,382,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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