On Second Glance: Midwest Photographs (Visions of Illinois) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0252019687 ISBN 13: 9780252019685

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1992

Synopsis

Without the evident drama of treacherous glaciers or mountain peaks, the midwestern landscape may - on first glance - appear commonplace. But those who look again will find an uncommon beauty as eloquent as that of the highest waterfall.
With this distinctive collection of photographs, Larry Kanfer uncovers anew the drama of the prairie's changing skies and seasons and celebrates the serene dignity of the Midwest. "Elsewhere there are physical changes," states Kanfer, "but here the changes are chronological. In my photographs I show time - seasonal change, the cycles of life. That's where the beauty lies."
As in his highly acclaimed earlier collection, Prairiescapes, Kanfer presents his own unmistakable vision of the vast heartland. Karla Vallance on National Public Radio described Prairiescapes as "capturing the uncelebrated fields and streams around the town where I grew up and turning the water of those ordinary places in mundane moments into the wine of art. His photographs are breathtaking in their amazing grace." Jonathan Yardley of the Washington Post Book World said, "It may take a patient and discerning eye to find beauty in the flat landscape of the American prairie, but beauty is just what Larry Kanfer has found."
With On Second Glance, Kanfer points as well to the overlooked details of the heartland. From Flatville to Foosland, from Santa Claus to Montezuma, Kanfer creates a remarkable portrayal of the working farmland of Illinois and Indiana.
His photographs take on the seasonal splendors of sky and silo, of setting sun and rising grain.
A compelling collection by one of the Midwest's finest landscape photographers, On Second Glance makes an elegant gift for anyone with friends or memories in the heartland.

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From Library Journal:

As in his highly popular Prairiescapes (Univ. of Illinois Pr., 1987) , Kanfer offers scintillating views of the Midwestern landscape. In a profoundly personal, impressionistic style, he captures both expansive panoramas of the prairie sky and intimate details of country roads. The book is beautifully designed, the photographs exquisitely reproduced on excellent paper. While art critics may not fully appreciate Kanfer's romantic style, library patrons will love it. Highly recommended for all public and academic libraries.
- Raymond Bial, Parkland Coll. Lib., Champaign, Ill.
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Review:

@KANFER\On Second Glance@"Kanfer offers scintillating views of the midwestern landscape. In a profoundly personal, impressionistic style, he captures both expansive panoramas of the prairie sky and intimate details of country roads. The book is beautifully designed, the photographs exquisitely reproduced on excellent paper... Highly recommended." -- Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0252019687
• ISBN 13: 9780252019685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96