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Book SynopsisShows how visual imagery - such as wilderness photographs, New Deal documentary films, and Sierra Club coffee-table books - shaped perceptions of the natural world and led to the development of the contemporary conservation movement. This book is suitable for those interested in American cultural history, the visual arts, and environmentalism.
Trade Review"In Natural Visions, Dunaway takes us on a cultural tour of many of the most politically powerful environmental images of the twentieth century, using a richly biographical approach to situate images within their full contexts." - Thomas Robertson, American Quarterly "Well written, and at times even poetic, Natural Visions is a compelling study with much to offer both general readers and specialists in environmental representation." - Daniel J. Philippon, Environmental History "It is the artists behind the images who interest [Dunaway] most, in particular the way they were carried along by, or leaned against, the political and cultural winds, and how their actions led to the modern environmental movement. He has a fine eye for subtleties, and a light touch." - Michael Bond, New Scientist"
