Listening to the River is a celebration of anonymous places where we can still find nature's beauty. Robert Adams first visited these particular locations as a boy, when the West seemed unchanging. Now in his fifties, he returns to them with the affection of a longtime acquaintance. The book records hushed walks when irrelevancies are forgotten, when sunlight makes the fields, hills, and roads new. Adams has chosen twelve poems by William Stafford to accompany the pictures. Both photographer and poet observe a practice of ...
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Listening to the River is a celebration of anonymous places where we can still find nature's beauty. Robert Adams first visited these particular locations as a boy, when the West seemed unchanging. Now in his fifties, he returns to them with the affection of a longtime acquaintance. The book records hushed walks when irrelevancies are forgotten, when sunlight makes the fields, hills, and roads new. Adams has chosen twelve poems by William Stafford to accompany the pictures. Both photographer and poet observe a practice of quiet in the out-of-doors, and both discover there a promise. This is an optimistic book, though not a sentimental one: a number of the photographs record views of the suburban West. "Any tree in the path of development appears to have an uncertain future, " Adams observes. Listening to the River affirms, however, that trees and other elements of nature are ultimately protected. "Part of what their beauty means, " says the photographer, "is that they are safe."
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0893815659. First edition. Close to fine in fine dust jacket. (One cloth corner tip mildly pushed. ) (10" X 13") (110pp. ) 176 b&w images.; 10" x 13"; 110 pages.
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Very Good jacket. Signed. First Edition. First Edition. Signed by Photographer on title page. Very Good in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket has small tear at top of spine but is now in a protective mylar wrapper. A little loss to the upper right corner of the first blank. Signed by Robert Adams without inscription. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore since 1992.
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Very Good jacket. Signed. First Edition. A Near Fine first edition hardcover in a Very Good mylar wrapped dust jacket. Dust jacket has light sunning to the spine, minor wrinkling at the top and bottom of the spine. Original price is present. SIGNED by Robert Adams on tht title page without inscription. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore since 1992.
