Skip Hunt Go West [Kindle Edition]

Skip Hunt (Author, Photographer)

Book Description

Fine art photographer Skip Hunt of Austin, Texas traveled Westward via motorcycle in search of the exotic within the mundane. He found so much more!

This issue contains the entire set of chronicles from Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California and Arizona.

What began as a curious wandering with no particular path or direction, became a powerful life-changing adventure.

Sometimes we must become lost before we can truly find our way.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

'I make images... so that all my moments will not be lost in time like tears in rain.' ~ Skip Hunt Skip Hunt, born on the wind-swept plains of Oklahoma, is a professional photographer in Austin, Texas. He picked up a 35mm camera in the mid-1970's and has never stopped sharing his unique vision via photographic images. Many moons ago, he was bitten hard by the wanderlust beast and has been canvassing the globe ever since. Visionary artists such as Pete Turner, David Lynch, Cindy Sherman, and Andre Kertesz set Skip's sight on a fine-art horizon early on. His insatiable thirst for rich color and even richer cultural exploration keeps him on the road most of the time. When he's recharging his batteries, he calls Austin, Texas home.

Product Details

• File Size: 6247 KB
• Print Length: 141 pages
• Publisher: Skip Hunt; 1 edition (October 30, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004A1568Q
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #847,346 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Traveling with Skip November 27, 2010

By dwitherow

Format:Kindle Edition

I am a fan of Skip Hunt. I am taken by his incredible artistic eye.
As an abstract/expressionist painter I was amazed at Skips
abstract compositions. His travel photographs are a visual
treat. This book is no exception.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular photography! December 30, 2010

By jaguargirl213

Format:Kindle Edition

Skip has a way of capturing the moment that makes you feel like you're on the back of his bike. There were a lot of surreal stories, but my favorite was the old lady in Arizona on the ranch that had customs on her back. The colors in the photos are amazing and it really makes me want to buy an RV and head out on the highway. In the meantime, I'll be travelling vicariously through this spectacular book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW! December 30, 2010

By jaguargirl213

Format:Paperback

Skip has a way of capturing the moment that makes you feel like you're on the back of his bike. There were a lot of surreal stories, but my favorite was the old lady in Arizona on the ranch that had customs on her back. The colors in the photos are amazing and it really makes me want to buy an RV and head out on the highway. In the meantime, I'll be travelling vicariously through this spectacular book!

More About the Author

I am beginning to believe that we are all born asleep and that the rest of our lives are spent trying to awaken. Some of us may be born awake... some awaken in stages, falling back into slumber between moments of absolute lucidity... while some remain comfortably dozing all their lives. Should we even want to be awakened? Or should we remain comfortably snoozing and not even bother asking why?

I don't know the answer to that. Nor do I know if we have a choice in the matter. What I do suspect is that some of the answers might be found within something called "intuition."

"Intuition is a combination of historical (empirical) data, deep and heightened observation, and an ability to cut through the thickness of surface reality. Intuition is like a slow motion machine that captures data instantaneously and hits you like a ton of bricks. Intuition is a knowing, a sensing that is beyond the conscious understanding -- a gut feeling. Intuition is not pseudo-science." -- Abella Arthur

The reason I bring up intuition is that from an early age I gravitated to whatever mysteriously resonated for me. Creating things, playing with sound, doodling, etc. Always compelled to make something that wasn't there before... or giving in to a simple creative yearning I suppose.

One day, my mother brought home a 35mm camera. I looked at it and had this feeling at my core that I can't explain, but I feel like that was likely my first strong encounter that has become a lifelong dance with intuition. I just held the camera and knew I must learn how to use it. It was an instantaneous knowing of sorts. From then on I was intently focussed on examining the perceived world from every angle I could find. The further I explored in distance and or detail, the more I discovered how utterly enchanting our shared universe is. From every difference in color, texture, and line, I began to understand more fully the infinite possibilities of form.

Intuition has led me through 17 countries thus far, and counting. The further I explore, the more I realize how much of this incredible beauty is perpetually unfolding around us and also simultaneously within. When I share these images with others and learn they've also resonated with them in some mysterious way as well, it proves my suspicion that all is indeed one and everything is defined by a difference in sacred frequency vibration.

Image making reminds me to awaken from the slumber and to celebrate life's rich pageantry parading all around us.

-- Skip Hunt




Skip Hunt, born on the wind-swept plains of Oklahoma, is a professional photographer in Austin, Texas. He picked up a 35mm camera in the mid-1970's and has never stopped sharing his unique vision via photographic images.

Many moons ago, he was bitten hard by the wanderlust beast and has been canvassing the globe ever since. Visionary artists such as Pete Turner, David Lynch, Cindy Sherman, and Andre Kertesz set Skip's sight on a fine-art horizon early on. His insatiable thirst for rich color and even richer cultural exploration keeps him on the road most of the time.

When he's recharging his batteries, he calls Austin, Texas home.

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