There is a knock at my door and is the UPS man delivering my order from Amazon.com; Among the books: Desert, The Mojave and Death Valley Photographs by jack Dykinga, text by Janice Emily Bowers. I barely had time to read more than a page or two before it made me want to go straight to the photos to see what see was was clearly, intelligently, passionately writing about. And I was not disappointed, I was overwhelmed with joy at the keeness of Mr. Dykinga's fine vision. This is a more subtle body of work than the previous books based around his photographs. TheSonoran Desert had a similar effect on me in a bold way for his vision was louder then. Stone Canyons did not have as great of affect on me as TheSonoran Desert .
More than anything else, the images in this book remind me why the large format camera is such a tremendous aid to seeing something more clearly and perceptively than you can with the naked eye. Some of the photos even have a sense of humor to them and when did you last see that in a photograph of a natural landscape?
The reproduction of the images appears to be first rate and the design and typography of the book match its contents in quality.
In short there are wonderful things to be found in this book.
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