GHOST RANCH: LAND OF LIGHT
THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF JANET RUSSEK & DAVID SCHEINBAUM
BEST KNOWN AS THE RESIDENCE OF ARTIST Georgia O’Keeffe, Ghost Ranch has a long and colorful history dating to prehistoric times when the area was settled by the ancestors of the Native American Tewa tribe. Through a series of speculative land owners including a pair of cattle rustlers, it evolved into a desert retreat for artists including Ansel Adams and Georgia O’Keeffe among others. O’Keeffe settled permanently and lived out her life there painting her spiritually charged surroundings.
Essays by cultural anthropologist Edward T. Hall, Tewa Pueblo architectural historian Rina Swentzell, and New Mexico historian Lesley Poling-Kempes provide a broad and informative look at the history, spirituality and beauty of this sacred center of the universe.
Printed in a stunning tri-tone method developed by Navigator Press and overseen on press by the photographers, these images reproduce the hand-toned effects of the original exhibition prints with remarkable clarity and astonishing accuracy. Produced in softbound, hardbound, and in a boxed limited collectors’ edition, Ghost Ranch: Land of Light will become a favorite of photography connoisseurs as well as anyone who loves the desert Southwest.
A limited number of softbound books are available at $50 each.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; 1st edition
Photographs by: Janet Russek, David Scheinbaum
Publishing date: June 1, 1999
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