La Vida Nortena: Photographs of Sonora, Mexico [Paperback]

David L. Burckhalter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1998

For the last quarter century, David Burckhalter has photographed the diverse peoples, cultures, and landscapes of Sonora, Mxico. These fifty-two black-and-white images are a representative cross-section of Burckhalter's massive body of work on Sonora's Indians, Hispanos, and Mestizos who, for hundreds of years, have lived in isolation in Sonora's high mountains, elevated valleys, desert plains, and coastal beaches. His subjectsmen, women, and childrenare Seris, Yaquis, Mayos, cowboys, fishermen, farmers, musicians, tavern keepers and patrons, merchants, weavers, and pilgrims. Essays by Gary Nabhan and Thomas E. Sheridan describe the unique, vivacious cultures of Sonora and explore the value of Burckhalter's photography to our understanding of the region.

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A University of Arizona Southwest Center Book

About the Author

David Burckhalter is a photographer in Tucson, Arizona. Gary Nabhan is the director of science at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Thomas E. Sheridan is the curator of ethnohistory at the Arizona State Museum in Tucson.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press; 1st edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826318495
• ISBN-13: 978-0826318497
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #856,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow., May 5, 1999

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This review is from: La Vida Nortena: Photographs of Sonora, Mexico (Paperback)

This book is incredible -- an honest and sensitive portrait of life in the changing Sonoran desert. I picked it up yesterday and haven't been able to stop looking at it since. Apart from the photography, there are two wonderful essays. In the second, "Another Country", Thomas E. Sheridan tells of falling in love with a place in a way that speaks intimately to my own experience of and passion for Mexico. But I'd better stop before I give a whole dissertation... Buy this book! You won't regret it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Award Winning Photographs of People of Sonora, Mexico, January 13, 1999

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Mary A. Sarber "MysteriesAreIt" (El Paso, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: La Vida Nortena: Photographs of Sonora, Mexico (Paperback)

Superb black and white photographs, with accompanying essays, concentrate on ordinary people. The result transcends its geographic region; this is about people who just happen to live in Sonora. Winner, Border Regional Library Association's 1998 Southwest Book Award.

5.0 out of 5 stars Such lovely sensitive portrayals ...., June 6, 2008

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India Russell (El Paso, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: La Vida Nortena: Photographs of Sonora, Mexico (Paperback)

I came across some of the still photos from this book in a video on Youtube -- of a song called "Who's Gonna Build Your Wall?" Mr. Burckhalter is a magician with a camera. He has captured truly incredible portraits of Mexicans/Sonorans -- some of the most proficient, touching photos I've ever seen. These are photos of TRUTH and BEAUTY. I am highly recommending the book based on my viewing of the Youtube video.