From the Author:
COLORADO PLATEAU WILD and BEAUTIFUL by the author is now available on Amazon.com
Photographed and researched throughout Mexico, The Wild Country of Mexico / La tierra salvaje de México includes bilingual English / Spanish essays and descriptive captions with Indigenous names, bibliography, color map, and Photography Notes / Notas de Fotografía. The color photographs feature Indigenous people and traditions; and UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves, and National Parks they still call home.
Indigenous People and Traditions
Lacandón Maya
Pame (Xi'úi)
Seri (Comcáac)
Tarahumara (Rarámuri)
Tzeltal Maya
Tzotzil Maya
Yucatec Maya
UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves, and National Parks
~Cascada de Basaseáchi National Park, Chihuahua
~Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Nuevo León
~El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Sonora
~Maderas del Carmen UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Coahuila
~Iztaccíhuatl-Popocatépetl National Park, México
~Paquime Archaeological Zone, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chihuahua
~Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chiapas
~Río Blanco National Park, Veracruz
~Sierra San Pedro Martír National Park, Baja California Norte
~Tiburon Island Sea of Cortez Protected Natural Area, Sonora
~Tulúm National Park, Quintana Roo
~Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Sonora
From the Inside Flap:
Millions of North Americans visit the tourist meccas of Cancún, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas, yet most are not aware of Mexico's largely unexplored regions, which contain some of the most dramatic terrain in the world.
Magnificent color photographs, accompanied by dual English/Spanish essays and captions, celebrate Mexico's incomparable landscape and the diverse cultural traditions of its native inhabitants.
Photographer and author John Annerino voyages from Chiapas, an area of mountain forests and tropical jungles whose indigenous people retain their pre-Hispanic traditions and languages, north to the Yucatán Peninsula where the ancient ruins of the Maya rise out of the jungles rimmed by the beaches of the Caribbean Coast of Quintana Roo.
Journeying through Mexico's heartland, Annerino travels across the Sierra Volcanica Transversal, the third highest inhabited plateau in the world, before exploring the Sierra Madre Occidental, the Mother Mountains, still inhabited by the Tarahumara Indians. Finally we venture into Mexico's most varied bioregion, that of Baja and the Sea of Cortés, where the Seri Indians survive between the harsh desert and the Vermilion Sea.
The Wild Country of Mexico/La tierra salvaje de México is a spirited and alluring journey through Mexico long obscured by the shadows of its more renowned attractions. It is a vivid and provocative portrait of some of the world's most captivating landscapes and native people, and it evokes the essence of Mexico.
The work of photojournalist John Annerino has appeared in scores of prestigious magazines worldwide, including Life, New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Geomundo (Latin America), Manchete (Brazil), and Hola (Spain). Author of many books, including High Risk Photography and three Sierra Club titles: Hiking the Grand Canyon, Adventuring in Arizona, and Canyons of the Southwest, he is represented by Gamma-Liaison picture agency in New York and Paris.
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