Desert Realty

Download or read book Desert Realty written by Ed Freeman and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2007-06-07 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The California desert as you've never seen it beforeand never will. This is Desert Realty, a stunning collection of surreal photographs. Glorifying ordinary structures and subverting the conventions of traditional landscape photography through digital manipulation, Freeman gleefully guides us through a dreamscape of palm trees and lurid skies, bringing the desert and its humble architecture into focus. In the vanguard of acclaimed photographers using digital techniques to express their artistic vision, Freeman also includes concise explanations of how the photos were createdmaking Desert Realty a veritable primer on digital image manipulation and an inimitable addition to the history of Western landscape photography.