| Terra Incognita: Photographs of America's Third Coast Contributor(s): Sexton, Richard (Author), Gruber, J. Richard (Foreword by), Lawrence, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1604739134 ISBN-13: 9781604739138 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - General - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Landscapes - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 917.602 |
| LCCN: 2010281580 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 12.3" W x 11.24" (2.81 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Until the calamity of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and recent catastrophic hurricanes, the American Gulf Coast-a dynamic region of marshes, swamps, bayous, beaches, and hardwood forests-largely evaded national consciousness. In Terra Incognita: Photographs of America's Third Coast, photographer Richard Sexton explores this oft overlooked but now extremely endangered landscape in a sequence of dramatic duotone photographs. Covering the Gulf Coast from the Mississippi River to the Florida panhandle, Sexton's images of woods and wetlands resonate with spare simplicity and quiet beauty. Panoramas of gnarled trees, vistas of sea and sky, and shorelines dissolving into a misty fog depict the haunting terrain of the gulf coastal plain. This book and these photographs represent a natural miracle now under fearsome assault. Contrasting natural phenomena with found objects, and organic environments with constructed ones, Sexton's imagery plays upon subtle patterns of mutation and transfiguration. No less striking are alterations brought about by the devastation of natural forces, now hastened and possibly even eclipsed by manmade. With their focus on the passage of time, and the cycle of loss and renewal, these photographs remind us that this ancient terrain is fragile, under constant pressure and contending with both human intervention and the vagaries of nature. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gruber, J. Richard: - J. Richard Gruber is director emeritus of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. He also served as director of the Wichita Art Museum, director of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, deputy director of the Morris Museum of Art and director of its Center for the Study of Southern Painting, and codirector of the Peter Joseph Gallery in New York.Sexton, Richard: - Richard Sexton is a noted commercial and fine art photographer whose work has been published and exhibited worldwide. Terra Incognita is his eighth photographic title. Sexton's work is included in the Historic New Orleans Collection, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and numerous private collections. His multidisciplinary studio is based in New Orleans. Additional information regarding his work and gallery affiliations is available on his web site: www.richardsextonstudio.com. |