Michigan Revealed: Exploring the Wilds of Upper Peninsula (Photographer's America)

A journey through Michigan's Upper Peninsula reveals wild landscapes, intimate towns, and solitary coastlines.

Michigan Revealed: Exploring the Wilds of Upper Peninsula takes the reader on a rollicking adventure through the upper peninsula of Michigan, exploring lesser travelled roads, tracts of wilderness with stunning land features, and quaint towns where everyone is a friend. Hop on a ferry to Isle Royale and sleep under the inky night sky with moose and wolves. Feel the wet spray of the chocolate-colored Tahquamenon Falls on your face while breathing in the leaf-scented air. Get lost along the coast of the icy Lake Superior and enjoy the quiet solitude away from humanity. Michigan Revealed takes an incredible journey through the upper peninsula with vibrant photography that is sure to excite the viewer.

Leslie Cieplechowicz is a photographer who developed her craft by working the streets of Detroit as a paramedic and shooting old, historical buildings she found on her runs. Her love of creating unique imagery lead her across the state, then the United States, then globally, where she currently finished shooting in the country of Georgia, documenting its lively culture, diverse people, and vast expanse of classical, ornate architecture from its Soviet era. She currently works as an instructor after leaving the road and spreads her love of photography to her students.