Description
This book is a collection of 105 photographs of different aspects of Kansas by photographer Dan Dancer. The book is divided into four seasons, with each season having its own set of photographs. The first season is Spring, the second is Summer, the third is Fall, and the fourth is Winter. The new preface in this edition discusses the author's thoughts on the book and how it has changed over the years. The four new seasonal essays discuss things such as the changing colors of the state, the wildlife in the state, and the people of the state. Lastly, there are twelve new photographs that have been added to the book.
If photography is the art of writing with light, then photographer Dan Dancer has written the story of Kansas. In this beautiful volume, he has assembled a portrait of the state in its many different lights--a sunflower field at dawn, a rural Main Street in the eerie, greenish light of a summer storm, a nighttime prairie fire, and a dusty stretch of prairie in the hot light of midday. In 105 full-color photographs Dancer moves through the four seasons, capturing first the vast, spare grandeur of prairie and sky, then focusing closer, to illuminate the more intimate pieces of the Kansas landscape--the icy fur of a buffalo in winter, a solitary gravestone nearly overgrown by prairie grass. He pursues what he calls "wild space"--uncluttered landscapes that embody a quiet beauty that eludes the hurried and undiscriminating eye. Season by season, he uncovers the uncomplicated, subtle beauty of the state. This revised edition features a new preface, four new seasonal essays, and twelve new photographs replacing those found in the original 1988 edition.
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