Recent Terrains: Terraforming the American West
- ISBN-10
- 0801864003
- ISBN-13
- 9780801864001
- Category
- Environmental engineering
- Pages
- 95
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Martha Clare Ronk
Description
In 60 black-and-white panoramas, Brown documents the changing landscape along the western edge of Southern California. These stark, compelling images reveal a world scraped and reshaped by construction equipment, with boulders pushed aside, stretches of earth flattened, and high-tech communities springing to life. 60 duotones.
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