Floating island.

Beschrijving

26.5 x 34.5 cm. 156 pp. Bound with dustwrapper. Illustrated in colour throughout.Austin-based photographer Mike Osborne?s book revolves around the border-straddling community of Wendover, Utah and West Wendover, Nevada. Once home to an important World War II aviation training facility, the town is now a gaming destination with five casinos. In addition to tracing this historical trajectory, Osborne?s photographs reflect on the surrounding landscape?s fantastical aspects. The book?s title, ‘Floating Island’, refers to a small mountain located at the heart of the nearby Bonneville Salt Flats. Due to a mirage, the mountain appears to hover perpetually above the horizon.. – Fine copy

Auteur: OSBORNE, Mike

Jaar: 2014

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Uitgeverij: Daylight Books

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ISBN: 9780988983144