Yucatan Passages | 
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| Author: Robert A. Hansen
Publisher: Laguna Wilderness Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2084595
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 11.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 097285441X
Dewey Decimal Number: 972.65
EAN: 9780972854412
ASIN: 097285441X
Publication Date: June 2004
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Product Description
The Laguna Wilderness Press is pleased to announce the publication of Yucatan Passages by Robert Hansen. Yucatan Passages is the story - in beautiful black and white photography and text - of a journey of discovery through southern Mexico by photographer Robert Hansen. The book photographically chronicles his travels in the Yucatan and southern Mexico during the last six years. It features 60 photographic reproductions of platinum and silver gelatin prints interspersed with a diary of travel that captures the serenity and beauty of an indigenous environment, the Spanish influence, and the persistence of traditional culture in the rain forest.
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Magical Yucatan December 28, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Robert Hansen's magnificent black and white photographs of the Yucatan capture the uniqueness of the area in a way which I have not previously seen. Being familiar with the Yucatan, it is a joy for me to turn the pages and find so many images which remind me of the beauty of the landscape, the afternoon rains during the rainy season, the timelessness of the Mayan ruins and a sense of peace. It is a pleasure to see the Yucatan and it's people through Mr. Hansen's eyes, and to read how the experience affected him.
Yucatan Passages December 18, 2004
"Yucatan Passages", through its beautifully envisioned and executed photographs, and the accompanying diary entries, essays and poems, offers a rare insight into the ancient Mayan ruins, Franciscan mission churches and Spanish haciendas, as well as the people of the Yucatan. The photographs, produced using a large format view camera and the platinum/palladium printing process, are quite skillfully and artistically composed and printed. The tonal range and incredible clarity of the images, combined with a masterful use of natural lighting, reveals the essence of these places. Through meticulous composition and the balancing of luminous light and darkness, the viewer is drawn into the scene or space being photographed. Robert Hansen has succeeded in creating a most eloquent book, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in this fascinating region and its history and culture, and especially to those who appreciate exceptional black and white fine art photography.
Yucatan Passages December 10, 2004
Hansen has marvelously interpreted the people and their culture. His artistic instincts leave the reader with the impression of being by his side as he works the magic of the camera and the subject. He has captured a people and their culture in a way that no other photographer has accomplished.
Photography of this quality has rarely been seen and appreciated since Ansel Adams.
D.R. Jones, CP-MA
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