Wild Splendors of California - Hardcover

Fiorelli, Lalo

9780971722804: Wild Splendors of California

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0971722803 ISBN 13: 9780971722804

Publisher: Splendors Publishing, 2002

This photographic essay tours the state of California from south to north, from the underwater canyons of the Carmel Trench to the volcanic peaks of the southern Cascades. Presented are images from underwater in the intertidal zone, coastal redwood "rain forests", deserts, alpine forests, the mighty Sierra Nevada running along the spine of the state, national wildlife refuges that protect the Pacific Flyway, and Mount Shasta.

The photographs represent a body of work that are a result returning to each place many times over quite a number of years. None are the result of a chance encounter with the environment depicted.

127 four color images are artfully presented, printed on heavey weight matte paper. The result is a high quality archival level volume.The text is written from the perspective of the author in the field, and the histories presented are more anecdotal then factual.

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About the Author:

Lalo Fiorelli's father first put a Brownie box camera in his hands when he was five years old. They went to the park together and took black and white pictures. When they returned home, they developed and printed the film in his dad's makeshift darkroom. Photography has been a continuous part of Mr. Fiorelli's life since then

After retiring from a career in commerical aviation, Mr Fiorelli has devoted his talent and energy to his photographic work. His published works include images from very diverse locations, from the underwater caves of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula to the dense redwood forests of Coastal California. Among his many publishing credits, his underwater images were first published as a 1990 calendar

"Hidden Splendors of the Yucatan. Work for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on several projects has resulted in images published in several venues, most recently in the 2001 book from Cachuma Press, "Coast Redwood A Natural and Cultural History".

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