People Of The West Desert - Softcover

Denton, Craig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874212626 ISBN 13: 9780874212624

Publisher: Utah State University Press, 1999

Synopsis

The West Desert is what Utahns call the basin and range salt desert in the eastern Great Basin. This arid region first caught the attention of photo documentarian and author Craig Denton when voices from it spoke out against turning over large desert valleys to roving MX missiles. Intrigued by the region, its people, and their choices, Denton began documenting who they were, why they were there, and how they lived. Denton portrays the regional society and people of the West Desert with insightful profiles of their lives and their world, probing discussion of common concerns, and striking photographs.

About this title

About the Author:

Craig Denton is associate professor of communication at the University of Utah. He has exhibited and published his photographs widely and is the author of Graphics for Visual Communication and of many articles for the popular and trade press on photography and graphic design.

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"I think of Baker as being one of the last cul-de-sacs, one of the last little safe pockets in this dangerous country of ours. It's a safe little place, and yeah, safe in that perhaps we are simple and naive. But it seems to be that a lot of the old time values are still practiced here."

About this edition

• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0874212626
• ISBN 13: 9780874212624
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208