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Recommended Books(Book links below are available fromAMAZON.COMor the Canadian siteCHAPTERS.COM, a convenience if you don't have a local bookseller interested in or able to order these titles for you.)

On Photography, by essayistSusan Sontagis arguably the finest contemporary book on the place of photography in the modern world. If you want to understand more about your art and how it fits within both the historical context and the modern art scene this is a must-read book.
Two fascinating and highly worthwhile books on the the Desert Southwest are;

Desert Solitaire—A Season in the Wilderness, by Edward Abbey. ISBN 0-345-32649-0.Written with passion and clarity of vision, this book chronicles a season spent in Arches NP, Utah, and the canyon region by a Park Ranger.  Now, almost a cult book, it describes the beauty and harshness of the Desert Southwest as it was in the '60s.  Anyone who loves this part of the country owes it to themselves to read ...

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