A magnificent large, heavy, coffee table book, WILD BEAUTY, by Terry Toedtemeier and John Laureen, "illuminates, the rich photographic heritage of one of the most magnificent landforms of the American West with 134 images by three dozen photographers, including Carleton Watkins, Benjamin Gifford, Fred Kiser, Lily White, Sarah, Ladd, Alfred Monner and Ray Atkeson. These rare photographs, most of them previously unpublished, have been restored, and then carefully reproduced to capture the nuanced tones and subtle coloring of Almin, silver prints, gelatin, silver prints, platinum prints, hand, colored photographs, and early Kodachromes."
"the authors present some of the finest surviving photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, framed by insightful text, offering a portrait of one of the West's primal landscapes through nearly a century of dramatic change."
Book and dust jacket are in pristine, gift-worthy condition.
Large format, filled with many b/w and full-color photographs. 345 pages.