BOOKS
Yellowstone: A memoir in Photographs
and Words
I have based this book on my 50 years of hiking, photographing, and learning about the park. Each chapter draws upon the unique experiences I have had in the park by integrating my personal story and photographs with the natural history of Yellowstone. I have photographed the park at different times of the day and different times of the year under different lighting and meteorological conditions to provide differing perspectives on the park's geology, plant communities, and wildlife. I have drawn from my earlier photographs from the 1960s in order to provide a personal and historical look at the park. Occasionally, I have included photographs taken by William Henry Jackson, one of the first to photograph Yellowstone, in order to document change, not only over my lifetime but also across three centuries (courtesy of the National Park Service). My hope is that the photographs and text will complement each other as readers journey from Yellowstone’s volcanic formation, to its impressive hydrothermal features, to its wildlife and their struggles to survive.
Indian Dunes: A Photographic Essay on the Natural History of the State and National Parks
No other publication integrates nature photography and natural history to tell the story of the Indiana Dunes. Over 120 stunning photographs, 140 pages; four chapters: beach, dunes, woods, and wetlands that take the reader on a visual journey through the Dunes. This closely follows their geological formation and evolution as well as plant succession. The journey begins at the beach, where lake and land meet. This is the starting point for the formation of dunes. Over time, waves and currents transport and deposit sand on the beach. Wind moves it farther inland resulting in the formation of sand dunes. The dunes themselves are explored in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 next addresses the role of plant ecology and succession in the formation of dunes, populated by grasses, oaks, and wildflowers. Finally, in Chapter 4, the diversity and beauty of the wetlands that form between dunes and in low-lying areas is revealed. Wetlands constitute perhaps the most biologically diverse area of the Dunes, but probably the most overlooked and underappreciated environment. Taken together, the four chapters closely follow 6,000 years of natural history.
