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His photographs trace the passage of time

Photographer Mark Klett has made an art of rephotographing Western landscapes first documented about 100 years ago

by Renee Guillory, Sep 30, 2010
The creation of wholeness

Terry Tempest Williams celebrates Rwanda, mosaics and Utah prairie dogs in her new book, Finding Beauty in a Broken World.

by Jared Blackley, Sep 15, 2008
Conspiring with caddisflies

A Seattle artist known only as Ferg works with tiny caddisfly larvae to make jewelry from the insects’ intricate casings

by Eliza Murphy, Nov 27, 2006
Radio: Spice for the ears

Hearing Voices, a collective of independent radio producers, is working to add spice to public broadcasting

by Adam Burke, Oct 02, 2006
Zine Roundup: Gone fishing

A 38-year-old female deckhand who calls herself Moe Bowstern created the zine called Xtra Tuf to explore the turbulent culture of the fishing industry

by Rebecca Clarren, Oct 02, 2006
Cano's Vision

In the little town of Antonito, Colo., a local eccentric known as Cano is using salvaged materials like beer cans, hubcaps and scrap lumber to create an extraordinary shrine called "El Castillo."

by Susan J. Tweit, Aug 22, 2005
William Henry Jackson's 'The Pioneer Photographer'

William Henry Jackson’s ‘The Pioneer Photographer’ by Bob Blair is a delightful coffee-table book that collects the photos, map sketches, paintings and notes of the West’s famous 19th century photographer

by Staff, Jun 13, 2005
Caught in the Headlights

Personal obsession leads one woman into a world of scientists, wildlife rehabilitators and eccentric artists who are fascinated by the bloody relationship between wildlife and roads.

by Eliza Murphy, Feb 07, 2005
Filmmakers Filmmakers Dru Carr and Doug Hawes-Davis: Documenting the Evolving West

Dru Carr and Doug Hawes-Davis formed High Plains Films to make environmental documentaries that are even-handed, humane, and not at all preachy

by Jed Gottlieb, May 10, 2004
For the love of spoons

Navajo silversmithing is the subject of a book, "Navajo Spoons," by Cindra Kline, exploring Indian artistry and the souvenir trade.

by Erika Trautman, Apr 15, 2002

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Results for keyword: Art

His photographs trace the passage of time

The creation of wholeness

Conspiring with caddisflies

Radio: Spice for the ears

Zine Roundup: Gone fishing

Cano's Vision

William Henry Jackson's 'The Pioneer Photographer'

Caught in the Headlights

Filmmakers Filmmakers Dru Carr and Doug Hawes-Davis: Documenting the Evolving West

For the love of spoons

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