Bøger udgivet af George F. Thompson

A timely look at the U.S.A. during COVID by a decorated African-American artist and a fitting complement to the author's previous book American / True Colors, winner of a Gold Medal for Best Book of the Year in Photography in 2021.

A uniquely fresh look at Yellowstone National Park on its 150th anniversary and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

A sometimes humorous but always perceptive look at how we experience national parks and monuments out West.

A revealing look at how Native American lands in Massachusetts have been transformed.

A gorgeously illustrated, unforgettable account of the authors' twenty journeys through the Himalaya, spanning forty years, and through many areas now closed to foreigners.

A rare photographic river trip revealing the once-famous but now-hidden industrial landscapes of Pennsylvania.

A masterful series of photographs highlighting the fragile beauty of a highly threatened landscape: the Oceano Dunes on the Central California Coast.

Michael Kolster renders Paris's parks like no one since photographer Eugene Atget a century ago.

A unique rendering of Iceland in winter by a renowned photographer and writer.

The first book to feature Dwayne Wilcox's incredible ledger drawings of Native life.

A visual chronicle of the the story of how violins from the Holocaust now sing in symphony halls.

On December 28, 2016, President Barack Obama acted to protect nearly 1.4 million acres in southeastern Utah as the Bears Ears National Monument. The photographs in Bears Ears capture the singular beauty of Bears Ears country in all seasons, its textural subtleties portrayed alongside the drama of expansive landscapes and skies.

The first account of the first automobile trip in North America in 1930!

Human beings in the 21st century hunger, often unconsciously, for places to live that are more than efficient, economical machines. This book offers sound and innovative guidance to both citizens and planning professionals who seek to transform public spaces into sites that answer not only practical needs but also spiritual and humanitarian needs.

Lynne Buchanan's Changing Waters is a stunning collection of photographs that document the beauty, diversity, and complexity of Florida's inland waters and the effects of pollution, population growth, and climate change on Florida's springs and inland and coastal waters.

A powerful contemporary look at the Los Angeles River using nineteenth-century technology

An inspired documentary project focused on preserving, through photography and oral history recordings, the cultural and environmental remains of southeastern Louisiana's fishing communities. Fish Town includes 137 colour photographs taken between 2012 and 2017. Interspersed throughout are text narratives transcribed from audio recordings.

Vietnam is an ancient and beautiful land, with a deep history of occupational conflict that remains an enigma in Americans¿ collective memory. It is still easy to forget that Vietnam is a country and not a war, even as America¿s role in Vietnam inflamed and divided the American citizenry in ways that are still evident today. It is as if Vietnam¿s civil war resurrected our own. And if you are a Vietnam War veteran or a family member of a vet, it¿s worse, because, even after a half-century, many of the wounds won¿t heal. What do you do when you have given up on forgetting? Chuck Forsman is one of a sizable number of aging Vietnam vets who have found deep satisfaction in revisiting Vietnam, supporting charities, orphanages, and clinics, doing volunteer work and more¿anything to redeem what the U.S. military did there. He is also a renowned painter and photographer who depicts places and environments in ways that become unforgettable visual experiences for the contemporary viewer.Lost in Vietnam chronicles a journey, not a country. They were taken on visits averaging two months each and two-year intervals over a decade. Forsman traveled largely by motorbike throughout the country¿south, central, and north¿sharing his experiences through amazing photographs of Vietnam¿s lands and people. His visual journey of one such veteran¿s twofold quest: the one for redemption and understanding, and the other to make art. The renowned Le Ly Hayslip introduces the book and sets the table for Forsman¿s incredible sojourn.

First published in 1990, this updated and enlarged edition of Challenge of the Big Trees stands as the new definitive history of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Located in the southern Sierra Nevada of California, these twin parks, preserve an astounding sweep of natural and cultural resources.

The Joshua Tree National Monument was officially established in 1936, and when the area later was expanded in 1994, it became Joshua Tree National Park. Joshua Tree National Park, even with its often-conflicting land uses, is more popular today than ever, serving more than one million visitors per year who find the desert to be a place worthy of respect and preservation.

The painter Andrei Kushnir has spent years travelling throughout every corner of the Shenandoah Valley, capturing its myriad landscapes and architectural features. The paintings collected here highlight Kushnir's rare ability to paint any landscape before him - pastoral or industrial, recreational or social, rural or urban, riparian or agricultural - all the while working out in the elements.