Seeing Charleston: A Field Guide to Photographing a World-class City

Photographer and writer Ron Rocz has spent decades learning how best to capture Charleston and the Lowcountry in photographs. In this book, he guides the reader to sung and unsung locations, suggesting the best time of day and position to capture an image. He also tells the story of the location, grounding the reader in the significance of the place and opening the door of the city he obviously loves and invites the reader to look and see it more deeply.

This durable field guide features fold-out maps to take you to some of the most compelling locations in Charleston and the Lowcountry. Whether you are seeking the dramatic or craving the quite places of this marvelous land, Rocz will make you feel like an insider.

Ron Rocz's photography career has taken him to places as diverse as Bermuda, Iceland, Puerto Rico, Peru, Russia, and Central and Eastern Europe. His work has appeared in national and international magazines, including National Geographic Traveler, AARP's Modern Maturity and Northwest Airlines' World Traveler.

Rocz has two previous books to his credit, The Churches of Charleston and the Lowcountry (USC Press, 1994) and The Plantations of St. Bartholomew's Parish (Colleton County Historical Society, 2005).

His work is represented by Index Stock Imagery of New York and Chris Fairclough Worldwide Images in London. He lives in Charleston, S.C.