Eliot Porter's Southwest

New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 114 pages; Description: 25 p., 114 p. of plates : ill. ; 29 x 31 cm. Subjects: Porter, Eliot (1901-1990) --Photography, Artistic --Southwest, New --Pictorial works. Summary: This handsome book provides a first-time look at the black-and-white artistry of one of the century's master photographers. Ninety-one images, some going bacck almost fifty years, together with a richly evocative text by the author, record an authentic vision of the American Southwest - past and present. Known primarily for a dozen books of color photographs from In Wilderness Is the Preservation of the World, which helped to establish the Sierra Club's international reputation, to Intimate Landscapes, published to celebrate the landmark exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Eliot Porter is also the author of such popular books as the widely acclaimed The Tree Where Man Was Born: The African Experience (with Peter Matthiessen) , The Greek World, Down the Colerado, and Birds of North America.