Minnesota's North Shore [With DVD]
by Craig Blacklock
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Author: Craig BlacklockPhotographer: Craig Blacklock
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06
ISBN: 1892472198
Number of pages: 180
Publisher: Blacklock Nature Photography
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Book Review: Blacklock's Minnesota's North Shore
Summary: 5 Stars
To put it bluntly, Craig Blacklock's Minnesota's North Shore is the most comprehensive and well photographed book that currently exists of the Minnesota-Superior shoreline. The book is comprised of one hundred and seventy-five color photographs, as well as a three hour DVD of additional video content. The photographs are organized regionally, beginning with images taken in Duluth and ending with the Susie Islands along the Canadian Border. All in all, the print quality is superb, as is the physical construction of the book. Of course, it's the content of the book that is most important. Thankfully, the photographs themselves are stunning; Blacklock's attention to composition, light and detail are a testament to both his refined technical and aesthetic sensibilities. This said, I found Minnesota's North Shore to be a very different book than Blacklock's well known work, The Lake Superior Images.
Compared to his earlier work, Minnesota's North Shore tends to gravitate towards quieter and more intimate compositions. While grand landscape compositions are still present, there seems to be a greater interest in representing the essence of place through the use of small vignettes and understated moments. A parallel to this approach could drawn with Japanese haiku poetry. Blacklock tends to be very successful in eliciting emotional response when working within this vein, resulting in a body of work that contains an element of depth only found in the best of nature photography. The focus of the book's content is on the Superior shoreline itself, though inland images from the North Shore's scenic rivers, prominent viewpoints and natural history are also included. This bias of images towards the shoreline should not come as a great surprise for those who are familiar with Blacklock's previous work.
Additionally, conservation of the shoreline as both a state and national resource is clearly a primary concern for Blacklock. The book ends on a somber note with a photograph of lakeshore development and an essay on the need to immediately act in order to preserve what remains of Minnesota's North Shore. For those who love the lake, this book may prove to be a record of what was lost if action is not taken. Let's hope that this isn't the case, Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior is undoubtedly one of the greatest natural treasures of the state. In order to preserve this place for the enrichment of future generations, it's clear that the responsibility lies in our hands today.
All in all, highly recommended.
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