Listening to the River: Seasons in the American West

First edition of Listening to the River: Seasons in the American West by Robert Adams. First impression. Medium format hardback in near fine condition. Some minor sunning to the spine of the dust jacket only.

About

Listening to the River is a celebration of anonymous places where we can still find nature's beauty. Robert Adams first visited these particular locations as a boy, when the West seemed unchanging. Now in his fifties, he returns to them with the affection of a longtime acquaintance. The book records hushed walks when irrelevancies are forgotten, when sunlight makes the fields, hills, and roads new.

Adams has chosen twelve poems by William Stafford to accompany the pictures. Both photographer and poet observe a practice of quiet in the out-of-doors, and both discover there a promise.