Belonging to the West
Published on 16. October 1996
Book
Hardback
136 pages
978-0-8018-5322-7 (ISBN)
Description
In 69 full colour photographs, the author offers a view of his own West: the landscape of Colorado. From an old school bus in Naturita, to a farmyard near Gem village, to a cement warehouse in Penrose, showing the places most people overlook because they are either too familiar or oppose conventional notions of beauty. The images capture not only the aspects of Western landscape that have been lost, but also those that remain, and why they might be respected and preserved.
Reviews / Votes
"This is visionary work.... Many of the best people in the West are on the edge of giving up. There is a desperate struggle of spirit, as extreme in its way as it must have been for the pioneers. Mr. Paddock is contributing the old, neglected, vital encouragement of art. His pictures are evidence that life is still coherent, still remarkable, still something about which we can and must care."--Robert AdamsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
69 colour photographs
Dimensions
Height: 257 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
730 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-5322-7 (9780801853227)
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Person
Eric Paddock, a fifth-generation Coloradan, is curator of photography at the Colorado Historical Society in Denver. He teaches art history at The Colorado College, American history at the University of Colorado at Denver, and photography in schools and workshops throughout the state. His photography is included in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Amon Carter Museum, the Bibliotheque Nationale, the Denver Art Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art.