A Hard Walk through Solitude: Living Among Alaska's Volcanoes by Gary Freeburg H

Description: A Hard Walk through Solitude by Gary Freeburg A Hard Walk through Solitude records in essays, photographs, and drawings Gary Freeburgs experiences living alone in one of Earths most wild and remote regions—the volcanic landscapes of Alaska. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula and the fifty-seven volcanoes that project into the Aleutian Islands form the northern rim of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Many are in Alaskas national parks, monuments, and preserves. They continue to erupt, creating new Earth surfaces, and the deposits of lava, pumice, and ash ejected by these volcanoes create primeval ground: a true wilderness where few people on Earth other than volcanologists have traversed. Gary Freeburg has wandered and lived among Alaskas volcanoes for regular periods during the last twenty years. The volcanoes he visits are alive and in some cases still steaming, and its lands are coarse and free of distraction: a vacuum of emptiness that embraces solitude and silence stirred only by the winds that blow and the rains that fall. The Earth surfaces that he walks are hard and largely barren of plant life, except where surfaces are shielded by the wind or are near water sources. There, new life returns in the form of lichen and tiny plants and insects and animals--bees, bear, fox, mayflies, and Alaskan hares--taking their rightful place in these vast, remote national parks, monuments, and preserves, reminding us that they are signs of hope that Earth will continue to evolve, regenerate, and renew itself long after we humans are gone. Freeburgs writings, photographs, and drawings reflect what it is like to seek solitude and live among Alaskas wild volcanoes. His travels were mostly solo treks in which he was flown in with supplies, a camera, sketchbooks, and journal to share his thoughts and artistically render his experiences. Each day spent in Alaskas volcanic wilderness affirmed the importance of this place for the author and those who can only dream of such a place. His book seems to explain: How fortunate it is to have magical places and national parks like Alaskas volcanoes, how fortunate we are to be alive on this magnificent Earth. AUTHOR: Gary Freeburg was born 1948 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was raised there. After serving in Vietnam in the U.S. Navy, Freeburg received three degrees in photography: his B.F.A. and M.A. from Minnesota State University at Mankato in 1974 and 1977 and his M.F.A. from the University of Iowa in 1978. He lived and worked in Alaska for twenty-five years and served as a professor of art at the University of Alaskas Kenai Peninsula College, where he directed the art program and served as the curator in the campus art gallery that now bears his name. He is currently a professor of art and the director of Sawhill Gallery at James Madison University. Freeburg has worked with renowned photographers and educators, such as Ansel Adams, Oliver Gagliani, and John Schultz, and his photographs have been exhibited nationally and appeared in Under Northern Lights, Writers and Artists View the Alaskan Landscape and Looking North (University of Washington Press, 1998; 2000). He has received an Individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts, Anchorage; an honorary degree for his contribution to the visual arts from Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage; and an Art Educator of the Year Award in Higher Education from the Alaska Art Education Association. He was recognized by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts for his art advocacy work in Alaska and Washington, DC, and a documentary film by George C. Johnson, An Artists Journey to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes: The Photography of Gary Freeburg, serves as a capstone to Freeburgs photographic work in the wilderness of Alaska. 84 illustrations, 55 colour photographs Author Biography Gary Freeburg lived and worked in Alaska for twenty-five years and served as a professor of art at the University of Alaskas Kenai Peninsula College, where he directed the art program and served as the curator in the campus art gallery that now bears his name. He then became a professor of art and the director of Sawhill Gallery at James Madison University before retiring in 2018. Freeburg has been with and studied under renowned photographers and educators such as Ansel Adams, Oliver Gagliani, and John Schultz, and his photographs have been exhibited nationally and appeared in Under Northern Lights, Writers and Artists View the Alaskan Landscape and Looking North (University of Washington Press, 1998; 2000). He has received an Individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts, Anchorage; an honorary degree for his contribution to the visual arts from Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage; and an Art Educator of the Year Award in Higher Education from the Alaska Art Education Association. He was recognized by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts for his art advocacy work in Alaska and Washington, D.C., and a documentary film by George C. Johnson, An Artists Journey to the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes: The Photography of Gary Freeburg, serves as a capstone to Freeburgs photographic work in the wilderness of Alaska. His previous book is The Valley of 10,000 Smokes: Revisiting Alaskas Sublime (George F. Thompson Publishing, 2012). Details ISBN1960521039 Author Gary Freeburg Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781960521033 Format Hardcover Subtitle Living Among Alaskas Volcanoes Audience General Publication Date 2024-10-15 ISBN-10 1960521039 UK Release Date 2024-10-15 Publisher George F. Thompson Imprint George F. Thompson Place of Publication VA Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2024-10-15 Pages 192 Illustrations 84 illustrations, including 27 graphite drawings and 55 color photographs by the author DEWEY 779.36798 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:167773971;

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