Spirit of the San Juans

By Kathleen Norris Cook and Norris Cook, Kathleen

A master of the subtleties of light and the art of composition, Kathleen Norris Cook presents awesome displays of the mountains that many call the most beautiful in the world. Spirit of the San Juans... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890437107
• ISBN13: 9781890437107
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Western Reflections Publishing Company
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 3.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 12.6" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

Great find!

Absolutely tremendous. It is my favorite book of color Colorado photographs.

Beyond the others.

Photographers are a dime a dozen. Kathleen Norris Cook with Western Relfections Publishing shows that there are a few good photographers. Get the book!

Nature has not always been so open-armed.

How then does light return to our world in the San Juan Mountains after the setting of the sun? Miraculously. Boldly. In broad stripes. It hangs like a glass cage. It is a hoop that seemingly cannot be captured.Next moment a flash of a camera. Then an image is recorded as if earth were breathing in and out, once, twice, as if for the first time. In this camera sharp place where the only electricity is in such thunderous lightning, there are no sounds in an afternoon save the hum of a rainbow. It is so spectacular, so luminous, so fresh, that we intruders feel also quiet, intense and strangely tiptoe, as if in anticipation.The mountains throb purple and green, and gradually the valleys below drink in red, brown and gold. Suddenly a mountain stream snatches a blue light. The earth absorbs color like a sponge, slowly drinking the mountain sun. It puts on weight; rounds itself; hangs pendent; settles and sways beneath our feet through the lens of Kathleen Norris Cook. There's no telling what a collection of such beauty, power and insight might inspire.

The sun does not rise or set without notice and thanks.

The Roman poet and orator Horace once wrote: "Ars longis; vitae brevis." "Art is long; life is short." There is never enough time in the San Juans to enjoy these mountains fully, yet in this volume one is able to savor it's spirit over and over. Kathleen Norris Cook is a great photographer.