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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press (2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0890133328
  • ISBN-13: 978-0890133323
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.7 x 10.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsSpectacular! A Treasure
By Patrick J. Killien on January 3, 2000
Format: Hardcover
Anyone will find the pictures breathtaking. If you have an interest in the southwest rivers and canyons you will especially enjoy this book. If you are interested in seeing what they stole from us by the construction of Glen Canyon Dam then this book is required reading. Hayduke lives!
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5.0 out of 5 starsBeautiful
By Kyle C. Jones on March 24, 2000
Format: Hardcover
This is the best collection of photos I have seen on the now drowned Glen Canyon. Unlike some other books covering the area, this collection was clearly taken by a professional photographer. These pictures could easily be mistaken for Ansel Adams and I believe Mr. Nichols lists him as a big influence on his work. If you are like me and a lover of canyon country, it will definitely make you a little wistful thinking that this area has been lost--probably irretrievably. I just wish there were a comparable collection of color photos of Glen Canyon to supplement this wonderful work.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWhat hath man wrought?
By R. M. Peterson TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on July 22, 2009
Format: Paperback
Tad Nichols (b. 1911, d. 2000) was a professional photographer who studied with Ansel Adams and Brett Weston and specialized in documenting remote and exotic geological features of this planet. Nichols made thirty trips into Glen Canyon between 1950 and 1963, when the gates of Glen Canyon Dam were closed and the waters of Lake Powell began to rise. In 1997, a project was begun to assemble into a book some of Nichols's photographs as well as commentary from Nichols and two others who accompanied him on many of those Glen Canyon trips. The result is GLEN CANYON: IMAGES OF A LOST WORLD.

To me, aside from extinct animals, there perhaps is no sadder legacy of modern homo sapiens than mammoth dam projects, and among those the Glen Canyon dam surely was one of the more senseless and hence tragic. This handsome book brings home that loss, powerfully, even viscerally. All of Nichols's photographs are black-and-white, which serves to intensify the elegaic quality of the book. I have one other book that photographically documents the unspoiled beauty and mystery of pre-1963 Glen Canyon -- "The Place No One Knew", by Eliot Porter. Porter's photographs are in glorious color and many of them are more abstract than Nichols's. Although it may be idiosyncratic, I prefer Nichols's photographs.

I do, however, have some minor complaints, chiefly that the lay-out of the book is a little too cluttered and that people are in, and intrude upon, too many of the photographs. To a certain extent human reconfiguration of the planet undoubtedly has been and will be inevitable, but books like GLEN CANYON: IMAGES OF A LOST WORLD make one ponder whether more could and should be done to reduce the destructive impact of our species before other natural wonders also are obliterated.
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5.0 out of 5 starsNine years old, still a must have book
By John J. Falkenstine on August 1, 2009
Format: Paperback
Many photography books about the Southwest feature oversaturated color, and show that while the photographer might have excellent technical skills, there is little to really get excited about when it comes to the actual content of the images itself. Not the case with this book. The images were taken in a precomputer era, they're a bit grainy at times, something that probably could be fixed with a newer edition and a bit more care by the Museum of New Mexico Press. A new edition would sell well. No matter, however, this book is a real beauty, instead of just pictures, there's plenty of text and items thrown in besides the images, such as the photographer's little spiral notebook. If you find one new, or a good used one, it is still a must-have. Just beautiful pictures, no color needed at all. Buy this book, and a second one for a gift. Five Stars for sure.
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5.0 out of 5 starsClassic visual and verbal history
By Kathleen B. RAFFOUL on March 25, 2013
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This is a classic visual and verbal history of Glen Canyon, by an eye wittness to the beauty of Glen Canyon before it was submerged by the waters of Lake Powell. The beauty that was lost is forever preserved on the pages of the lovely book.
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4.0 out of 5 starsBeautiful images of an area lost to "progress".....
By Raftman on March 18, 2015
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A beautiful picture book of a stunning area lost in the name of progress. The images, for me, are better because they are all black and white - which I feel conveys the beauty of this area in a unique and different way. If you want to see firsthand what Glen Canyon took away from future generations this is a wonderful place to start.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat gift book
By Avid Reader In Utah on June 29, 2015
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A beautiful picture book with short stories to go with the photos. Done in black and white, which is very appealing. My kids wondered what Glen Canyon looked like before Lake Powell. Great gift for someone who loves Lake Powell.
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5.0 out of 5 starsNot enough photos of Tad Nichols...but the photos of Glen Canyon are AMAZING.
By Mike Smith on October 1, 2005
Format: Paperback
I have been researching Glen Canyon and Lake Powell for years now, for a book I'm working on, and my wife had always taken a very passive interest in what I was doing. She'd listen to me talk and add a comment or two, but it wasn't until I got this book that she realized just what I'd been rambling about.

The photos are just like that.

The black-and-white photos of sinuos, twisting, sandstone places like Dungeon Canyon and the Cathedral-in-the-Desert will take your breath away; they will make you ache to see the places the photos are of, and then they will break your heart when you realize all those places are currently underwater.

Whatever your position on Lake Powell and Glen Canyon is--whether you think that Glen Canyon Dam is a giant, concrete Satan, or that it's a great source of employment, water, and electricity for the people of the West, you will have to admit these photos are beautiful, and of a beautiful place, and that something irreplaceable has been drowned and hidden away.

By all means, get this book.

And get Eleanor Inskip's full-color "The Colorado River through Glen Canyon: Before Lake Powell." Both books are excellent.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Stunning tour through the former Glen Canyon that is now 500 feet under water.

Published 5 months ago by John Fuller
4.0 out of 5 stars... is not Ansel Adams but he is a very good photographer. Tads book...

Tad Nichols is not Ansel Adams but he is a very good photographer. Tads book of Glen Canyon is beautiful, well done, great no-longer-available photographs of what must have been a... Read more

Published 6 months ago by M. Arens
5.0 out of 5 starsWe are fortunate that Mr Nichols and his two partners were there ...

A masterpiece in black and white that surpasses anything done in color. Drives home the point that Glen Canyon Dam was a catastrophe of the first magnitude. Read more

Published 9 months ago by G. Gregory Bauer
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent

Beautiful and inspiring pictures. A place I plan on visiting --- on my bucket list.

Published 12 months ago by rosalie williams
5.0 out of 5 starsA very beautiful book and a real keeper.

Outstanding photos of an exciting part of the west with very fine reproduction . Additionally it is a well designed book that's a pleasure to have in hand. Read more

Published on July 30, 2013 by Gene Daniels
5.0 out of 5 starsGlen Canyon

Blow that frigin dam (in increments to limit the destruction it has already caused to the Grand Canyon)and let the town of Page,
that lives off of this destruction of beauty,... Read more

Published on November 7, 2012 by ART WEGWEISER
5.0 out of 5 starsOne of my most favorite books - ever!

I am about to buy my second copy of Tad Nichols': Glen Canyon - Images of a Lost World. I loaned my first copy (silly me) to a friend who never returned it. Read more

Published on May 12, 2012 by Dreamtime
4.0 out of 5 starsRare to see professional photos of Glen Canyon

A great book for amateurs of photography and fans of the American SouthWest. Although the pictures are in B&W, you get to see the grandeur of Glen Canyon. Read more

Published on May 25, 2010 by Daniel Blamont

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