River Of No Return Laura Mcphee

Ordinary girls and their extraordinary pursuits lukitsh is the author of julia margaret cameron and other publications in the.

River of no return laura mcphee. What at first glance appear to be bucolic scenes of a pristine world become on closer inspection images of a landscape that at every turn has felt and recorded the impact of human habitation. Ordinary girls and their extraordinary pursuits lukitsh is the author of julia margaret cameron and other publications in the. Laura mcphee made these remarkable photographs over several years on successive visits to the sawtooth valley. A monograph of the same title was published by yale university press in 2008.

A new view of nature and girls. A journey across geographic place art historical precedents and the very history of photographic image making find a dynamic relationship in the river of no return a series created by laura mcphee over a multiyear residency in the sawtooth valley in central idaho supported by the alturas foundation. Mcphee s books include no ordinary land. Encounters in a changing environment forces of change.

The boston globe. Encounters in a changing environment forces of change. Laura mcphee uses a large format view camera to capture the magnificence of the sawtooth valley in central idaho its natural resources effects of wildfires hunting practices ranches mines and mountain ranges. Her body of work river of no return was exhibited at the boston museum of fine arts in 2006 and at kansas city s kemper museum of contemporary art in 2013.

Laura mcphee is professor of photography and joanne lukitsh is professor of art history at the massachusetts college of art and design. Mcphee s work has been exhibited both in the united states and abroad. Laura mcphee is professor of photography and joanne lukitsh is professor of art history at the massachusetts college of art and design. Laura mcphee photographing the grandeur of the west june 13 2013.

From river of no return. Mcphee s books include no ordinary land. A new view of nature and girls. River of no return is organized like a long poem or a piece of music a stunning look at an actual place a meditation on rivers nature history the history of landscape photography of the american west and the idea of the american west.

All rights reserved laura mcphee 2019. Laura mcphee goes west from massachusetts traces her grandmother s youth and falls in love with ranch land and wilderness and its inhabitants at 7000 feet. Laura mcphee virginia beahan no ordinary land september 2015. Photographs by laura mcphee foreward by robert hass essay by joanne lukitsh interview with dabney hailey yale university press 2008.