New Mexico: A Photographic Tribute [Hardcover ]

New Mexico, A Photographic Tribute, Centennial Edition has been designated an Official Project of the New Mexico Centennial 1912-2012Celebrating the colorful legacy of New Mexico's first 100 years of statehood, this book is a stunning celebration of the territorial state's scenic wonders. Luminous color photographs feature the timeless vistas, majestic landmarks, and cultural icons the Land of Enchantment is known for worldwide. John Annerino casts an artist's, adventurer's, and scholar's perspective on renowned international destinations he knows intimately. He weaves New Mexico's natural history, legends, and storied human history into an evocative introductory essay. The gallery of color images features the iconic landmarks of White Sands, Chaco Canyon, Bisti Badlands, Rio Grande Gorge, Bootheel Country, Gila Cliff Dwellings, City of Rocks, Bosque del Apache, Valley of Fire, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, and many other national parks and monuments, state and tribal parks, historic sites, wildlife refuges, wilderness areas, and UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. Paired with each of these indelible images are literary quotes drawn from the records of New Mexico's early explorers, missionaries, Native Americans, writers, and photographers, including D. H. Lawrence, Pancho Villa, Geronimo, Willa Cather, Don Juan Oñate, Maynard Dixon, Georgia O'Keeffe, Adolph Bandelier, Mary Austin, Aldo Leopold, Charles Lummis, and many other memorable figures long associated with New Mexico's legacy. The journeys and adventures of these early travelers and first New Mexicans defined their character as much as their prose, poetry, and images later defined our modern perceptions of New Mexico's extraordinary Western landscape in this tribute to its magnificent place in the American landscape.