Publisher's Synopsis
The American Southwest has captivated photographers over many years for its wide vistas, history and culture. Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Alexander Gardner, Adam Clark Vroman, William Henry Jackson, Ansel Adams and Mark Klett have all been attracted to its vast spaces and history. As a young photographer, inspired by the photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Edward Grazda first traveled to the Four Corners area of the American Southwest in 1969-and has been drawn back many times over the years. Combining his photographs with maps, film stills and postage stamps, Grazda takes the viewer on a journey around the Four Corners. Through his personal travels, sometimes following the route of the 1776 expedition of Spanish explorers Francisco Atanasio Domìnguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante and at other times searching for abandoned trading posts on the Navajo Reservation, Grazda addresses the history, culture, religion, weather and myths of the Four Corners region.
