California Book

California Book by Carol M. Highsmith. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780962087721.

Beautiful new photographs taken in 2012 and 2013 of the entire state of California by acclaimed national photographer Carol M. Highsmith, who is sometimes called America s Photographer, appear in CALIFORNIA, a spectacular, hardbound keepsake coffee-table book. These contemporary photos reflect every part of the Golden State, from Alturus to La Jolla, Lake Shasta to the Desert Cities, the Redwood Forest to the Imperial Valley, and every memorable place in between. CALIFORNIA is written by historian Kevin Starr, who is renowned for his ongoing series of books about California. And the nation s distinguished Librarian of Congress, James Billington, will provide the book s introductory foreword. But this highest-quality, 265-page book is available for a limited time only. The book features Carol M. Highsmith s pick of her images in the Jon B. Lovelace Collection, in the nations magnificent Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lovelace s company, the Capital Group, underwrote Highsmith s expeditions throughout California following his death in 2011. Highsmith has produced glorious views of Californias lush valleys and rocky shores; forbidding deserts; remarkable mining towns and bountiful fields and stunning state and national parks. And of course, jaunty Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Sacramento are lavishly represented in this comprehensive presentation of colorful California. This book features the most comprehensive, updated view of this gorgeous state to be published for a decade or more. Many of the images, all captured within the past year, will be selected from the This Is California! Web site, which describes Highsmith s California expedition. Buy your copies of CALIFORNIA, featuring photography by Carol M. Highsmith and the words of California historian Kevin Starr and Librarian of Congress James Billington.