Just published: Where the Buffalo Roamed: Images of the New West  Photographs and text by Joan Myers Essay by Lucy R. Lippard In this latest collection of photographs taken over the last forty-plus years, I turn my lens on the contemporary American West. I wanted to show some of the changes in our conception of western landscapes, as well as life within the region. In deconstructing the pictures, cultural critic Lucy Lippard notes that they "seem to emerge from cracks in American culture. They show us a past that still affects, and reflects, our present, revealing unexpected insights into how the myths of the West were formed and how they relate to reality. " On press at Damiani Editore in Bologna with designer David Skolkin Hot Springs State Park, Thermopolis, Wyoming John Ford's Cabin, Goulding's Lodge, Monument Valley Oshkosh, Nebraska ______________________ Before going on press, I traveled around Sardinia, primarily visiting Neolithic archeological sites. The landscape of Sardinia is varied with volcanic buttes, higher mountains, good farmland for wine grapes, cork trees, olives, and pasture crops for sheep and goats. Nuraghe Palmavera, Sardinia. There are thousands of remains of small villages like this one (c.1500-800 BC) around the island. Painter and printmaker Giorgio Morandi's studio in Bologna. Unfortunately, little is left of Morandi's apartment but his studio and many of his bottles remain in a protected space. ______________________ There will be a book signing in Santa Fe this fall. Details and location will follow in an email and on the News page. WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAMED: IMAGES OF THE NEW WEST DAMIANI EDITORE Hdk. 12 x 9.75 in. /148 pgs/102 color and b/w images ISBN: 978-88-6208-656-1 $50.00 Publication date: October 2019 Available at bookstores everywhere, from Distributed Art Publishers (DAP) www.artbook.com or directly from the publisher www.damianieditore.com To see this email in your browser