Book Description   The Colorado Plateau is a land rich in red sands, chocolate crags, eternally translucent skies, and stunning canyons. The region inscribes the deserts, mountains, rivers, and high mesas of the four corners of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. David Muench has walked this land---the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Canyon de Chelly, Bryce Canyon National Park, Mesa Verde, Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness, Grand Staircase / Escalanate National Monument  --- and has retruend wit the unforgetable images that are presented in this book.   PLATEAU LIGHT focuses on the heart and soul of America's Redrock Country, expressing the beauty and wilderness of areas ranging from the Grand Canyon to Paria. These landscapes once inspired the Anasazi, Fremont and Archaic peoples and serve as the perfect background for the petroglyphs and ruins they left behind. For the first time in softbound edition, these spectacular photos will inspire, delight and amaze, both readers and photographers alike. Each plate has a thumbnail image with David Muench's photo notes in the back of the book.    Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award, Travel Category, 1999 Read more About the Author David Muench is a master professional photographer whose work has become a benchmark in American landscape photography. David’s photographs have appeared in with more than fifty books and countless exhibits, magazine articles, and calendars. The Colorado Plateau is one of David’s favorite places to photograph the American landscape. David lives near Albuquerque, NM. Read more
A**R
One of my favorite photographers! I also like how he states where ...
One of my favorite photographers! I also like how he states where the locations are. His vision really is inspiring.
J**L
A good reference - but use it with others
Good photography of the Arizona/Utah plateau. Muench is a craftsman but not necessarily an innovator. . I would recommend Charles Bowden's Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau for an enhancement of wht Muench presents here.
N**J
A GREAT Muench book
Not that more to say than the title... This book contains many great photos made by a master, and the print quality makes justice to them (well, to confirm another review, there is one image that went too far on the reds, and has a deceptive burnt look - while many are great, and the splitND use is far more unobtrusive than Rowell's eg, with due respect ;o).Page layout is more conservative than in other Muench books I have (I think to Primal Forces, great images but layout on the kitsch side), and that suits me well.
A**E
Breathtaking photos of the Colorado plateau
This book offers a breathtaking view of the Colorado plateau. The full-page color photos are so incredibly vivid they almost jump off the page. It really makes you feel like you are there.You get a look at towering mountains & magnificent nature made stone sculptures. Cascading waterfalls, meandering steams, peaceful snowscapes, brilliant autumn leaves, beautiful flowers & endless skies take your breath away.Muench is a master at capturing detail and light, and this setting shows off his talent to the maximum. A narrative by James Lawrence provides a history of the area and conveys the feelings inspired by this natural wonderland.Some images have small quotes & poems under them. In the back, each photo is shown in miniature with comments from photographer and technical details. This book provides a beautiful world to get lost in.
W**E
A beautiful book with slight flaws
This is a gorgeous book of southwest photographs. It has many examples of how to take great photographs. An interesting feature is the photographers comments about each photograph, found in the back of the book. There are only a few flaws in my humble view. Some of the photographs were printed with very exagerated color saturation. This is painful in some cases. Another problem is Mr. Muench's use of a split density magenta filter for several of the photographs. He tries to give the scenes a warm glow but the magenta color looks totally fake, especially when one sees it only across the top of the photograph. Please throw that split density magenta filter away and let the southwest present its beauty naturally. Still a great and valuable book to own.
L**.
Five Stars
David Muench is a master at capturing dramatic landscape images
J**M
Top of the list. David Muench has outdone himself.
David Muench has written many wonderful photo books, but he has really put his heart into this one.
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