Consuming the American landscape / photographs by John Ganis ; introduction, Robert Sobieszek ; afterword, George F. Thompson ; poems, Stanley Diamond.

Main entry:

Ganis, John, 1951- photographer.

Title & Author:

Consuming the American landscape / photographs by John Ganis ; introduction, Robert Sobieszek ; afterword, George F. Thompson ; poems, Stanley Diamond.

Publication:

Stockport : Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2003.

Description:

144 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 x 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

"John Ganis has chronicled the effects of the development and extraction industries in every region of the United States over almost two decades. These are disturbing images - desolate strip mines, clear-cut forests, industrial parks, landfill sites and terrains flattened for housing developments - a thesaurus of America's 'civilized' incursions into the wildness of nature, a charting of debris-strewn topographies, and a cogent report on the abdication of any reverence towards the land." "The introductory essay, by Robert Sobieszek of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gives an overview of historical responses to the American landscape and contextualises the work. Poems that resulted from a collaboration between Ganis and the late anthropologist and poet Stanley Diamond add a further dimension. There is also an afterword by George Thompson, Director of The Center for American Places."--Dust Jacket.

ISBN:

1904587003
9781904587002

Subject:

Ganis, John, 1951-
Landscape photography United States.
Environmental degradation United States Pictorial works.
Photography, Artistic.
Photographie de paysages États-Unis.
Environnement Dégradation États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Environmental degradation
Landscape photography
United States Pictorial works.
United States
Photography

Form/genre:

photobooks.
Photobooks
Pictorial works
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Sobieszek, Robert A., 1943-2005, author of introduction, etc.
Thompson, George F., author of afterword, colophon, etc.
Diamond, Stanley, 1922- writer of added text.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 316071
Call No.: 316071
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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