Author: Ronald H. Chilcote
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984000722
Category : Laguna Beach (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This book is an activist document. The accomplished photography of a sumptuous landscape may obscure the fact that The Laguna Wilderness consists of equal parts of the three most powerful currents of nature photography over the past half century--art, political advocacy, and love of nature. Ron Chilcote deploys beauty as a political weapon. The use of photography as a preservationist tool is a tradition deeply rooted in the western United States. The opening of the West arrived in parallel with the emergence of photography. Carleton Watkins's photographs of the Yosemite Valley, for example, are widely credited with influencing Congress and President Lincoln to set it aside in 1864 as "inalienable for all time." When Chilcote and his wife first settled in Laguna Beach, California, in 1972, the hills and beaches, canyons and woodlands of the San Joaquin Hills were threatened by rapid population growth and rapacious development. To the battle against these changes Chilcote brought commitment, political involvement, and, eventually, a camera. In this book he pursues the beauty of the Laguna Wilderness not just for his own wonder but as a way of transforming these little-known wild lands into treasured places deserving preservation. The images are gorgeous--old-growth oaks in golden light, the still mirror of the Laguna Lakes, autumn mist in the canyons--but, more than this, they are intended to change things. Chilcote provides a brief history of the wilderness surrounding Laguna Beach and goes on to tell the inspiring story of the successful local effort to have it set aside as permanent open space. His work at once celebrates the beauty of wildness and serves as an example for people everywhere who see nature vanishing around them and want to do something about it.
The Laguna Wilderness
Author: Ronald H. Chilcote
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984000722
Category : Laguna Beach (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This book is an activist document. The accomplished photography of a sumptuous landscape may obscure the fact that The Laguna Wilderness consists of equal parts of the three most powerful currents of nature photography over the past half century--art, political advocacy, and love of nature. Ron Chilcote deploys beauty as a political weapon. The use of photography as a preservationist tool is a tradition deeply rooted in the western United States. The opening of the West arrived in parallel with the emergence of photography. Carleton Watkins's photographs of the Yosemite Valley, for example, are widely credited with influencing Congress and President Lincoln to set it aside in 1864 as "inalienable for all time." When Chilcote and his wife first settled in Laguna Beach, California, in 1972, the hills and beaches, canyons and woodlands of the San Joaquin Hills were threatened by rapid population growth and rapacious development. To the battle against these changes Chilcote brought commitment, political involvement, and, eventually, a camera. In this book he pursues the beauty of the Laguna Wilderness not just for his own wonder but as a way of transforming these little-known wild lands into treasured places deserving preservation. The images are gorgeous--old-growth oaks in golden light, the still mirror of the Laguna Lakes, autumn mist in the canyons--but, more than this, they are intended to change things. Chilcote provides a brief history of the wilderness surrounding Laguna Beach and goes on to tell the inspiring story of the successful local effort to have it set aside as permanent open space. His work at once celebrates the beauty of wildness and serves as an example for people everywhere who see nature vanishing around them and want to do something about it.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984000722
Category : Laguna Beach (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This book is an activist document. The accomplished photography of a sumptuous landscape may obscure the fact that The Laguna Wilderness consists of equal parts of the three most powerful currents of nature photography over the past half century--art, political advocacy, and love of nature. Ron Chilcote deploys beauty as a political weapon. The use of photography as a preservationist tool is a tradition deeply rooted in the western United States. The opening of the West arrived in parallel with the emergence of photography. Carleton Watkins's photographs of the Yosemite Valley, for example, are widely credited with influencing Congress and President Lincoln to set it aside in 1864 as "inalienable for all time." When Chilcote and his wife first settled in Laguna Beach, California, in 1972, the hills and beaches, canyons and woodlands of the San Joaquin Hills were threatened by rapid population growth and rapacious development. To the battle against these changes Chilcote brought commitment, political involvement, and, eventually, a camera. In this book he pursues the beauty of the Laguna Wilderness not just for his own wonder but as a way of transforming these little-known wild lands into treasured places deserving preservation. The images are gorgeous--old-growth oaks in golden light, the still mirror of the Laguna Lakes, autumn mist in the canyons--but, more than this, they are intended to change things. Chilcote provides a brief history of the wilderness surrounding Laguna Beach and goes on to tell the inspiring story of the successful local effort to have it set aside as permanent open space. His work at once celebrates the beauty of wildness and serves as an example for people everywhere who see nature vanishing around them and want to do something about it.
Nature's Laguna Wilderness
Author: Ronald H. Chilcote
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789990916935
Category : Natural areas
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789990916935
Category : Natural areas
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Laguna Coast Wilderness Park General Development Plan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Laguna Coast Wilderness Park (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Laguna Coast Wilderness Park (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Interim Operation Plan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Laguna Coast Wilderness Park (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Laguna Coast Wilderness Park (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Laguna Beach and the Greenbelt
Author: Committee for Preservation of the Laguna Legacy.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532015089
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
This book celebrates Laguna Beach and its greenbelt, which have been designated a historic American landscape by the National Park Service, Department of Interior, and presents the nomination documentation that is housed in the Library of Congress. It is dedicated to the generations of devoted people responsible for shaping the citys character and traditions. Lagunas mountains and dramatic canyons, coastal cliffs, and ever-changing ocean views attracted plein air artists and others beginning early in the last century, and from the beginning, its residents were dedicated to protecting and embellishing it. The fortunate confluence of geography, history, and community resolve has resulted in the preservation, in the face of the surrounding suburban sprawl, of an authentic small town and a vast area of protected open space that provides breathing room for all of us.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532015089
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
This book celebrates Laguna Beach and its greenbelt, which have been designated a historic American landscape by the National Park Service, Department of Interior, and presents the nomination documentation that is housed in the Library of Congress. It is dedicated to the generations of devoted people responsible for shaping the citys character and traditions. Lagunas mountains and dramatic canyons, coastal cliffs, and ever-changing ocean views attracted plein air artists and others beginning early in the last century, and from the beginning, its residents were dedicated to protecting and embellishing it. The fortunate confluence of geography, history, and community resolve has resulted in the preservation, in the face of the surrounding suburban sprawl, of an authentic small town and a vast area of protected open space that provides breathing room for all of us.
The Laguna Canyon Project
Author: Mark Chamberlain
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984000746
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780984000746
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Laguna Coast Wilderness Park Resource Management Plan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Laguna Coast Wilderness Park (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Laguna Coast Wilderness Park (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Laguna Coast Wilderness Park Draft Resource Management Plan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Laguna Coast Wilderness Park (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Laguna Coast Wilderness Park (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Laguna Coast Wilderness Park General Development Plan
Author: Irvine (Calif.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irvine (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irvine (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
General Management Plan/environmental Assessment, Wilderness Suitability Study
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : El Malpais National Monument (N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : El Malpais National Monument (N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description