California

California’s picturesque villages and small towns and its stunning landscape, from rugged sierras and fog-laced headlands to golden sand beaches and rolling oak-studded ranchland.California is nicknamed “The Golden State,” and though the name applies literally to the color of its state flower, the golden poppy, it is also a metaphor for the hopes and dreams that have lured generations of settlers. There are villages that grew up around the famed Spanish mission trail, and  (more…)

Review

“Words shimmer and resonate in this book, which combines the photographs of the late Galen Rowell – a California native – With a panoply of quotes about the Golden State from an impressive array of writers. Rowell’s landscapes are so vividly rich…that they work at this scale like dazzling jewels…[a] skillful blending of text and image.”Color Magazine “This collection of images shows off the Golden State’s most scenic vistas…the state’s diverse natural beauty is (more…)