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The Angle Of Repose: Four American Photographers In Egypt

Egypt provides a classic rather than a unique experience. According to modern historians, it has been a tourist destination since 30 B.C., and the interest of foreign travelers has hardly waned since. The photographers presented here are no exception; each knits past with present while validating their own discovery of Egypt’s ancient monuments. From the pyramids of Giza to the Valley of the Kings, Lynn Davis’ and Linda Connor’s silver gelatin prints echo 19th-century photographers’ documentations of their North African travels. Strewn with scaffolding, piecemeal temples, and shattered sculptures of pharaohs, Tom Van Eynde’s Egypt reveals the dramatic detail of its ruins. Harsh and colorful, Richard Misrach’s landscapes juxtapose contemporary culture with ancient desert monuments, framing the Pyramids with tour buses, downtown Cairo, and cement housing complexes. “The Angle of Repose” is the first book in a series featuring the LaSalle Bank Photography Collection, the second-oldest corporate collection of photography in America.
Essay by Sarah Anne McNear. Foreword by Thomas C. Heagy. Photographers include: Lynn Davis, Linda Connor, Richard Misrach, Tom Van Eynde.

11.25 x 10.5 in.
8 color, 19 duotone, illustrations


The Angle Of Repose: Four American Photographers In Egypt

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Through The Eyes Of The Condor: An Aerial Vision of Latin America

Step aboard a private plane for a breathtaking tour of the immense and varied wilderness of Latin America—lush lands and scenic waterways nearly impossible to experience any other way. Your guide to this remarkable vision is Robert B. Haas, award-winning environmentalist and one of the world’s foremost artists in aerial photography.

To create this elegant portfolio, Haas covered 14 countries and an astonishing 80 percent of the land mass of Latin America. In magnificent color and exquisite composition, he captures the majesty of the Amazon, the fickleness of rare wildlife in Patagonia, and the incredible topography of untouched lands. Photographs are presented in large double-page panoramas, inviting the viewer to appreciate their abstract qualities and become absorbed in rich details. The aerial perspective gives a generous view of the land below: While large-scale environmental effects may be seen, man’s blemishes are mostly diminished when viewed against the vastness of the land. A full-page map highlights countries and specific places photographed.

An introduction by Marie Arana—author of American Chica and Cellophane—prefaces the book. The photographs and commentary are organized thematically: landscapes, humans and their impact, wildlife, abstracts, ancient sites. Poignant essays penned by Haas while living in Latin America expand on themes important to understanding the region: culture, economy, development, tourism, and more.


Through The Eyes Of The Condor: An Aerial Vision of Latin America

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Landscapes in Landscapes

A leading figure in the New Perennial planting movement, garden designer Piet Oudolf emphasizes plant structure as the most important aspect of a successful garden. Form and texture are valued as much as color, and perennials–prized for their beauty throughout a natural life cycle–are used almost exclusively. Oudolf challenges conventional approaches to gardening that rely on short-lived bursts of color and constant maintenance and shows the delights of working with versatile, expressive perennials to create lasting, ecologically sound panoramas that relate to the greater landscape and the shifting seasons.
 
This glorious full-color volume features twenty-three of Oudolf’s most beautiful public and private gardens, including the widely acclaimed High Line and the Battery in New York City; the Lurie Garden in Millennium Park in Chicago; Wisley, the Royal Horticultural Society Garden in Surrey, England; the Pensthorpe Nature Reserve and Gardens in Norfolk, England; the Trentham Estate in Staffordshire, England; Il Gardino delle Vergini at the 2010 Venice Biennale; the Dream Park in Enkoping, Sweden; and his own perpetually evolving garden in Hummelo, The Netherlands.
 
Insightful, accessible text by gardening author Noël Kingsbury places Oudolf’s work in context and explains how each garden and the plants selected for it fit the specific environment. Oudolf’s detailed plans provide inspiration and insight for all interested in small personal gardens and the design of large-scale public landscapes alike.


Landscapes in Landscapes

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