Informações do editor
Jon Ortner was born in Great Neck, Long Island in 1951. He started painting and drawing at an early age, which laid the foundation for his photography. In college, Jon continued to pursue art, natural history and ecology. In 1978 he moved to New York City with his wife, Martha, where they opened a photo studio and continue to collaborate. Jon's books, Where Every Breath is a Prayer, Angkor, and Buddha are the culmination of numerous journeys to the far corners of the Himalaya and Southeast Asia. A compilation of NYC images was published as Manhattan Dawn &Dusk. His awardwinning images and stories have appeared in numerous magazines such as GEO, Communications Arts, Travel & Leisure and Architectural Digest. Jon has turned his focus and passion to the canyons and deserts of the Southwest. From the greatest canyons on earth, to the brilliant swirling colors of the Grand Staircase and Vermillion Cliffs, he has shown us a wilderness of rock at once familiar yet astounding. By creating panoramic portraits of this vast, monumental landscape, he hopes to share his unique vision of the beauty and incomparable majesty of America's greatest natural treasures.
Detalhes
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Título
Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest (Deluxe Edition)
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Autor
Jon Ortner (Photographer); Introduction by Greer Chesher
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Encadernação
Capa dura
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Edição
Deluxe
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Páginas
248
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Volumes
1
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Idioma
ENG
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Editorial
Welcome Books, NY
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Data de publicação
2008-10-21
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Ilustrado
Sim
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ISBN
9781599620565 / 1599620561
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Peso
10.05 libras (4.56 kg)
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Dimensão
18.75 x 14.6 x 1.85 in. (47.63 x 37.08 x 4.70 cm)
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Library of Congress subjects
Colorado Plateau, Landscape - Colorado Plateau
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Número da Biblioteca do Congresso dos Estados Unidos
2008016824
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Dewey Decimal Code
917.913
Revisões da mídia
2008 Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year, Gold Medal - Regional category.
"This version of the Western landscape is a wilderness experience, and Ortner's aim simply to honor these places in their pristine beauty. A large format helps to convey the scope of the vistas...It is also a format big enough to experience the images viscerally: the textures stone and brush and water running through them are almost palpable."
--Color Magazine
"Throughout the book, Jon Ortner captures the natural beauty of the Southwest in his stunning photographs...Canyon Wilderness of the Southwest is truly a visual delight."
--Southwest Art Magazine
"Jon Ortner's oversized, full-page color photos of the Southwest embellishes an album perfect for both photography collections and those documenting the landscapes of the American Southwest. It's a deluxe, numbered, signed and limited edition of an outstanding collection of over 200 images -- including 100 panoramas shot in over 650 locations across a 130,000 square-mile area. The geology and landmarks of this region are outstanding: towers, spires, arches, domes, bridges, and more...It's simply unparalleled in its scope, presentation, and coverage."
--Midwest Book Review
"Magnificent...Ortner's photographs encompass nothing less than a history of Southwestern geology told in incredibly dramatic terms...he has invested inert matter and archetypal forms with a sense of mysterious silence and timelessness."
--THE Magazine
"Exquisite...a visual feast."
--NationalGeographic.com
"Uncannily evocative images."
--Town and Country
Sobre o autor
Jon Ortner was born in Great Neck, Long Island in 1951. He started painting and drawing at an early age, which laid the foundation for his photography. In college, Jon continued to pursue art, natural history and ecology. In 1978 he moved to New York City with his wife, Martha, where they opened a photo studio and continue to collaborate. Jon's books, Where Every Breath is a Prayer, Angkor, and Buddha are the culmination of numerous journeys to the far corners of the Himalaya and Southeast Asia. A compilation of NYC images was published as Manhattan Dawn &Dusk. His awardwinning images and stories have appeared in numerous magazines such as GEO, Communications Arts, Travel & Leisure and Architectural Digest. Jon has turned his focus and passion to the canyons and deserts of the Southwest. From the greatest canyons on earth, to the brilliant swirling colors of the Grand Staircase and Vermillion Cliffs, he has shown us a wilderness of rock at once familiar yet astounding. By creating panoramic portraits of this vast, monumental landscape, he hopes to share his unique vision of the beauty and incomparable majesty of America's greatest natural treasures.
