From Delicate Lily Pads to Sculptured Peaks: Landscape Photography with Verse Impressions from North America, Scandinavia, and New Zealand

by William A. Carlson

IF there were words to express the true definition of beauty, one might be able to describe the photography you will find in this collection. As the artist describes the precess he has experienced, we might come a little closer to conceiving the concepts. "It is the development of a consciousness--the sensitivity--of the environment that I attempt to capture in each photograph. I search for elements and patterns of simplicity, spaciousness and sensory response...the interplay of light and shadow.
The desire to capture what he saw became difficult to ignore and he began taking photographs with both 120 and 35mm format film cameras. Finding "just the right vantage point" was always well worth the effort.
Bill's photography has received numerous awards and publication credits. His color photograph "DOCK" received first place recognition in the competition sponsored by the Famous Photographers School, Westport, Connecticut and Hartford Insurance Company. His first collection of black and white photographs with accompanying verse--A WALK THROUGH MOUNTAIN, MEADOW, MARSH and WOODLAND--was published in 2001. The photographs included in this book were taken during the period 1960 to 2012.

129 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Royalene]

There is great depth of inspiration in the beauty of these photographs and the verse is intriguing--sometimes poetic, sometimes humorous and at other times simply logical.