Joan Myers

I was in Santa Fe recently and on a free afternoon was visiting the Andrew Smith Photography Gallery. After admiring some of my favorite Ansel Adam's photographs, I wandered upstairs and walked into what used to be a small bedroom in this converted house and taking up one wall was the most beautiful picture of sea ice I had ever seen. I immediately was pitched back into remembrances of my own journey to the Arctic and how impossible it was for me to capture the ineffable color of the ice. This photographer, Joan Myers, has done it perfectly.

Naturally enough, because it was Santa Fe, at the barbecue that evening my host was a personal friend of Ms. Myers and she showed me this book. I ordered it as soon as I came home. What a delightful way to spend an evening. If you have ever been to the Arctic or the Antarctic, this book will evoke powerful memories of the place.… (mehr)