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When rain finally comes to "the land of little rain," the results are spectacular. Desert washes run thick with water only to become, a few months later, a raging current of wildflowers. But even drought doesn't drain the desert of its stark beauty. In Desert, Jack Dykinga has assembled a stunning collection of photographs that shows the Mojave Desert in all its moods.
When rain finally comes to "the land of little rain," the results are spectacular. Desert washes run thick with water only to become, a few months later, a raging current of wildflowers. But even drought doesn't drain the desert of its stark beauty. In Desert, Jack Dykinga has assembled a stunning collection of photographs that shows the Mojave Desert in all its moods.
The images are truly remarkable, particularly those with the warm colors and long shadows of dusk and dawn, when more than half of the 80 photographs were taken. Mountains, rocks, and water are typical winning subjects, but wildflowers are particularly well served by Dykinga, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer with two other books on desert landscapes. That wildflowers should be so prominent is no surprise, since many photographs document the sensational desert bloom that followed the El Niño winter of 1997-1998.
Janice Emily Bowers, a botanist and writer, brings the desert to life with her first-person narrative of kit fox sightings, wandering boulders, and basic desert ecology. She also describes the increasing threats to the more than 100 rare plants and animals in the Mojave. Dykinga's selectivity--not one photograph shows any trace of human activities--is balanced by Bowers's portrait of a desert at risk. They succeed in their mission to make new friends for the desert and renew old ones. This elegant book is really a reminder that the Mojave and Death Valley are worth protecting, saving, and visiting. --Pete Holloran
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Covering large areas of Southern California and Nevada as well as portions of Arizona and Utah, the Mojave Desert (the smallest North American desert) and Death Valley remain a mystery to most Americans. This collection of large-format color photographs by Pulitzer-Prize winner Dykinga and accompanying text by nature writer/naturalist Bowers should help to demystify the area and demonstrate the stark beauty to be found there. The book's topics include mysterious moving rocks, singing sand dunes, desert flora and fauna, and the need for continued protection. Coinciding partly with an Arizona Highways traveling photography exhibition, this book is recommended for all regional and most public and academic collections. [BOMC selection.]ATim J. Markus, Evergreen State Coll. Lib., Olympia, W.
-ATim J. Markus, Evergreen State Coll. Lib., Olympia, WA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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