Desert Adagio
Details: Softcover, 48 pages, 35 black and white photos, 7 x 10.
Publisher: People’s Press
ISBN: 978-0-9817810-5-5
Author: Doug Rhinehart
Price: $19.95
| In Brief: | “Doug Rhinehart’s beautiful and thoughtful photos capture the essence of the desert Southwest. Classic and precise black and white photographs expose how the grandeur of the expanse builds its magnificence through details, just as Rhinehart’s quite words help us to understand.” - Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Finalist of The Indie Next Generation Coffee Table/Photography Book Award |
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Author signed copies available |
Utah’s Canyonlands are truly the eighth wonder of the world to those of us who, along with Rhinehart, find ourselves in love with them. Classic and precise black and white photographs expose how the grandeur of the expanse builds its magnificence through details, just as Rhinehart’s quiet words help us to understand.
Praise for Desert Adagio
Doug’s photos speak to the silence of the desert.
- Karen Chamberlain, author of Desert of the Heart:Sojourn in a Community of Solitudes
The desert, like any environment, has its own rhythm and pulse if you take the time to consider it. More often than not, I interpret the rhythm of the desert to be one of calm and tranquility. The movement is slow, gentle, and meditative. For me, there is a pervasive sense of awe. So many times when I am photographing, I feel the pulse of the desert and consciously try to tap into it in order to guide me in the selection, composition, and exposure of a scene. After I have finished composing the image, and have come out from under the dark cloth to stand next to my camera and release the shutter, I carefully study once more the subject I will photograph. The feeling of awe rises from deep within.
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