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| Grand Canyon Wild: A Photographic Journey | 
| Author: John Annerino
Publisher: Countryman Press
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 816268
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 143
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0881505935
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.9132
EAN: 9780881505931
ASIN: 0881505935
Publication Date: September 30, 2004
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Book Description
Go deeper into the Grand Canyon, beyond its rims, by taking an expedition to the most remote, beautiful, and rarely seen vistas in North America. "John Annerino is one of a handful of photographers with a real empathy for the West. His work has an edge to it, reflecting the sheer size and power of his subject—a subject he treats with respect and love. This land, which is so much a part of the American psyche...is as raw and exciting in Annerino's work as it is in our mind's eye."—Newsweek Grand Canyon Wild takes you beyond the handful of scenic vistas which have defined the popular concept of the Grand Canyon. A well-known author and photographer of the American West and old Mexico and other coffee table books, Annerino takes you on a visual and spiritual journey down into the land below the canyon's rims. His photos and prose lead into the heart and soul of the canyon, highlighting the historic expeditions, local history, and legends of Native Americans and explorers alike, who bravely lived, and died, within the canyon's perimeters. Full-color throughout, 4 maps, bibliography, notes to photographs.
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 Grand Canyon photographer extraordinaire June 21, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
"John Annerino captures the glories of this natural wonder in photographs and essays."
- Publishers Weekly
"Over a period of 20 years, professional photographer and writer John Annerino has explored some of the most remote corners of the Grand Canyon. Armed with a backpack and camera he expertly captured the magnificent beauty of this natural wonder and transformed his adventure into a book for all to enjoy."
- Petersen's Photography Magazine
"Before John Annerino even thought of being a photo artist, he wondered how to really capture the Grand Canyon, how to get to the real depths beyond the standard coffee-table books. After years of running, climbing, paddling and imaging through those depths and chasms, he produced Grand Canyon Wild. Annerino sees it all through what he calls the "human landscape," through the eyes of early explorers, prospectors, surveyors, river runners, and especially its original inhabitants, the Anasazi and Hopi, whose ancient routes he follows in this delightful book. What did they see? What were their impressions? Each of Annerino's photographs gives an answer of imagination - a spirit of mystery and danger, light and dark, life and death. Annerino uses his gift of stunning contrasts, wildfire red and oranges with cool blue of sky and water. He stands in awe of nature. He sees inside of nature."
- The Citizen
"Coffee-table books too often combine breath-snatching photos with dead-in-the-water prose. John Annerino's Grand Canyon Wild is an exception. Annerino, a longtime boatman on Arizona's Colorado River, shows us a whole bunch of off-the-grid, butterscotch crawl spaces. And he doesn't just take pretty pictures. His well-crafted text pays homage to John Wesley Powell and salutes Charles F. Lummis, who walked from Ohio to Los Angeles in 1884 to take on a job as a newspaper editor."
- Albuquerque Journal
"John Annerino presents the Grand Canyon we haven't seen. In 144 pages, we're introduced to dramatic panoramas and a host of diverse images - chasms, petroglyphs, waterfalls, caverns, mudflats, sunsets, rapids, even the Sea of Cortez - as Annerino presents a less dogmatic view of where the canyon's grandness begins and ends. Because of the range of his photos, we see them as part of a much grander picture."
- Chicago Tribune
"Packing into the Canyon off-and-on over the last 20 years, Annerino focused his camera and writing on seldom-seen, remote-area, natural beauty. Discover wild, ancient areas via his lush photographs and descriptive prose."
- Lovin' Life
"Grand Canyon Wild. What a beautiful book!"
- Arizona Historical Society
The Photographer's Guide to the Grand Canyon
* * * * * Grand Canyon Photographer Extraordinaire
"Considered by many one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Grand Canyon is one of the most photographed sites on earth. A staggering 5 million people visit each year. The average person spends only 20 minutes there. The vast majority, according to author John Annerino, view the Grand Canyon from the same angle that's been taken over and over by countless other people. In his book, he offers suggestions on how you can do it differently - how and where to get the best shots, what gear to carry, and much more."
- Chicago Tribune
"I had almost given up on a photo of America's most dramatic landscape when I read what Grand Canyon photographer extraordinaire John Annerino writes in The Photographer's Guide to the Grand Canyon about shooting from far-less visited North Rim at Bright Angel Point: No other vista in the Grand Canyon offers photographers such magnificent scenery.".Which is what led my wife and I to reserve a comfy cabin at..."
-- Sky Magazine
"The Photographer's Guide to the Grand Canyon is a great addition to our book collection in the Arizona Historical Society's Library and Archives."
- Arizona Historical Society.
 Good Reading...But, this is supposed to be a photography book as well April 29, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
(This is a combined review of John Annerino's three photo essay books: *Grand Canyon Wild*, *Desert Light*, and *Canyon Country*)
John Annerino knows the desert southwest well and his writing about it is enjoyable and informative; and, this holds true with *Grand Canyon Wild: A Photographic Journey*, *Desert Light: a Photographer's Journey Through America's Desert Southwest*, and *Canyon Country: A Photographic Journey*. In addition to his nature writing on the topic, he has also published a couple of useful guides to photographing in the Southwest.
But, even with pretty text, I can't recommend any of these three books. Why? Because the photography is just not that good. This may not be a critic on Annerino's photography...but, at the same time it might. He has a good eye for composition, but what you can't tell is whether he has a good eye for color reproduction or a good eye for light in general. I want to believe that the less than stellar - less than average actually - photographic reproductions in two of these books (*Grand Canyon Wild* and *Desert Light*) is down right horrible! In *Canyon Country*, it is better than the other two, but definitely not great.
So, why is that? Is it just plain bad printing in China? Is it bad design work by the publisher? Is it just average photographic skills of the author? Probably, a combination of all three. Even just the covers of *Grand Canyon Wild* and *Desert Light* are enough to question the capabilities of the designer for these books - they are weak images with average lighting and no pop whatsoever. The cover of *Canyon Country* is muxh better than the other two - so much so, that it must have been designed by a different person. The fact that *Canyon Country* is better on the inside and outside says that it was better produced altogether.
Since I live in the landscape that is the subject of these three books and I am a photographer myself, I can tell you that some of the scenes photographed in these books look better to the naked eye...in the middle of the day when the light is washed out and flat.
If you just want to read the good text, then find them at your local bookstore and enjoy with a cup of coffee while sitting in the store's comfortable seating. But, definitely pass on purchasing, especially if you are looking for great photography from the Colorado Plateau.
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A Guide to my Book Rating System:
1 star = The wood pulp would have been better utilized as toilet paper.
2 stars = Don't bother, clean your bathroom instead.
3 stars = Wasn't a waste of time, but it was time wasted.
4 stars = Good book, but not life altering.
5 stars = This book changed my world in at least some small way.
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