Contemporary Desert Photography: The Other Side of Paradise

Palm Springs, CA and Seattle, WA: Palm Springs Art Museum; Distributed by the University of Washington Press, 2005. 59 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Contemporary desert photography : the other side of paradise, organized by Marilyn Cooper and Katherine Plake Hough at the Palm Springs Art Museum, December 17, 2005 to March 12, 2006. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "Contemporary Desert Photography: The Other Side of Paradise, emphasizes the artist's view of the desert in a selection of visual woks. The differing viewpoints in these photographs provide us with a rich and deep experience and speak to the fragility of nature, to the sense of desolation, to the beauty of untouched land, to the ethereal quality of decaying structures, to the fleeting nature of perception, and to so many other ideas." - Publisher. Includes: Thomas Barrow, Robert Dawson, John Divola, Terry Falke, Ed Freeman, Lee Friedlander, Jack Fulton, Peter Goin, Tim Goodman, Aaronel deRoy Gruber, Karen Halverson, Wanda Hammerbeck, Len Jenshel, Mark Klett, Stuart Klipper, Phil Marquez, Michael McMillen, Kathryn Miller and Michael Honer, Richard Misrach, Patrick Nagatani, Mark Ruwedel, Jim Sanborn, Martin Stupich, Michelle Van Parys, and Henry Wessel.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Collectible.