Colorado Close-Up is a colorful, detailed tribute to Colorado's unique beauty. Beginning with a general overview, lyrical text and stunning photographs accompany a visual description of each of the state's six climatic life zones: plains, foothills, montane, subalpine, alpine, and desert. This book delves deep into the natural features found in Colorado's varied life zones and serves as a general guide to the state's ageless beauty.
Excerpts from reviews:
"From
a fallen aspen leaf lying in the snow to the vibrant magenta primroses
beside a waterfall, Colorado photographer J.C. Leacock draws your eye
to the unobserved. His photographs highlight the richness to be found
in the small details.
Colorado Close-Up is Leacock’s stunning new photography book. Leacock
is a well-known local photographer who specializes in intimate portraits
of the landscape around us. In this book, he offers a more personal view
of Colorado’s natural beauty.
[Conger] Beasley’s thoughtful and often humorous anecdotes are peppered
with historical references and Ute tales. To gain an alternative viewpoint
on the wilderness, Beasley often lies on the ground beside the trail to
observe. Leacock calls this “supine traveling.”
Colorado close-up is an inspiring artistic collaboration between photographer
and writer, images and words. It celebrates the diversity of the wilderness
in our state. This is a book to enjoy again and again."
—Louise Fordyce
Boulder Planet
"…this is a great primer on how to look carefully at all the
outdoor environments in our amazing state.
Beasley is a marvelous outdoor companion, a historian, anthropologist,
raconteur, geologist and naturalist. He offers the kind of narrative you
wish were in every guidebook, but shows up only rarely".
—Alan Dumas
Rocky Mountain News
Reflecting this diversity, Our Colorado is a rich visual tribute to the state, including such popular sites as Rocky Mountain National Park, the Rocky Mountains, and Mesa Verde, as well as the cities of Denver and Boulder.
Both residents and visitors will be drawn to this elegant volume, which celebrates the beauty, grandeur, and intimacy of the Colorado landscape through the lens of a local resident whose love for the state comes through in every page.
Home to farmland and badlands, prairies and caves, and the treasured Black Hills, as well as such manmade wonders as Mt. Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial, the Corn Palace, and Wall Drug, South Dakota is a land of extraordinary variety. The state retains its wild and wooly history while inviting present-day explorers to seek out and enjoy its one-of-a-kind sights and experiences. In this collection of full-color images, photographer J.C. Leacock captures the striking diversity and rugged scenic beauty of this friendly central state.
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