{"product_id":"grains-of-sand-photographs-by-marion-patterson-hardback-9780804745260","title":"Grains of Sand; Photographs by Marion Patterson (Hardback) 9780804745260","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGrains of Sand\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePhotographs by Marion Patterson\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarion Patterson (Author), Charis Wilson (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804745260\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 June 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e84 pages, 57 illustrations9 3\/4 x 9 3\/4 inches\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm, 0.803 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"When I look at a picture of Marion's, I react to the openness, the sense that the subject isn't clearly set in boundaries that exclude it from what lies around it. With continued viewing of the images, a deeper awareness emerges beyond the frame. Marion's photographs are all about nature reaching out of the frame.\"—from the Foreword by Charis Wilson\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together 57 of the best black-and-white photographs of Marion Patterson, who describes her work as \"photographs of the intimate landscape, simple and contemplative like a zen garden.\" The images focus on the natural surroundings of the central California coast and Sierra—rocks, waterfalls, creeks, trees, seashells, sand, driftwood, and kelp washed ashore by the tides—as well as images from the Southwest and the deserts of California. The book provides a quiet meditation on the beauty of our natural environment in a manner that reflects the author's lifelong ties to the West Coast school of photography, deeply influenced by Edward Weston and Ansel Adams. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough Patterson's work is in some sense a virtual homage to those two giant figures, what sets it distinctly apart is her ability to use some of their stylistic and technical methods to express her own individual and deeply felt responses to the natural landscape. Where so many have understood the West Coast school as a graphic or technical exercise, Patterson has grasped the expressive language that originated in photographic modernism and has used that language to the most sincere and guileless ends. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatterson has also contributed a short introductory essay on her photographic inspiration and techniques, and endnotes that comment on a number of the plates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford General Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52548801626392,"sku":"9780804745260","price":47.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/grains-of-sand-photographs-by-marion-patterson-hardback-9780804745260","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}