Nelson, Walter W. — The Black Place -- Two Seasons

Sante Fe, NM, Museum of New Mexico Press, 2014. Hardcover. White DJ with photo illustration and black and grey lettering; black boards with silver lettering; 107 pp.; richly illustrated. Photographer Walter W. Nelson, who shares with [Georgia] O'Keefe what writer Douglas Preston calls "a great affinity for geology," went in search of the Black Place twenty years ago and has returned more than thirty times to photograph it, first in black and white with a large-format 8x10 camera and, over the last five years, in color with a digital camera. The two seasons of his title refer to the fact that in this region virtually devoid of vegetation, only the presence of snow visually distinguishes the landscape from the nonwinter months. Inexhaustible in scope, with geological complexity dating back some sixty-six million years, the Black Place must be patiently experienced for its mystery and infinitude and deep secrets of time. -- DJ. Good DJ, VG Book (may be ex art library with sticker on rear pastedown; DJ is moderately edgeworn with some scuffing/smudging/scratching; boards are lightly edgeworn; interior is in excellent condition.) .