PhotoBooks Indiana

Shortly after Frenchman Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre introduced the first photographic process to the world in 1839, photographers began creating stereographs. Audiences around the world quickly became enthralled with the scenes on these cards, which appeared in three dimensions when viewed through a stereoscope. Well over a century and a half later, stereographs continue to entertain and educate the public.

Indiana in Stereo: Three-Dimensional Views of the Heartland reproduces nearly two hundred historical stereo views of Indiana. Made between the 1860s and the 1930s, these stereographs chronicle the changing nature of life in the Hoosier State—from the days of small family farms and travel by horse to the growth of cities and the rise of the automobile. Pictured are scenes from across the state showing landscapes, prominent buildings, natural disasters, families, workplaces, and public gatherings. Sometimes straightforward, often sentimental, these views serve as important documentation of the past. The accompanying essays help readers better understand the development of the stereograph and place the views in historical context.

To demonstrate that stereographs and stereo photography remain a viable art, the book also includes more than thirty contemporary views by noted Indiana photographer Darryl Jones. These modern-day scenes show prominent Hoosier landmarks, events such as the Indianapolis 500, and the natural beauty of the state. An essay by Jones details his interest in stereo photography and provides insight into his craft.

Included in the book is a handheld viewer so readers can view all the stereographs, both historical and modern, as they were intended to be seen—in three-dimensional wonder.

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As expansive as America itself, this series introduces four new titles featuring images by North America's top photographers. Atlanta is a rich blend of modern cosmopolitan city and old southern charm. San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and stunning skyline make it one of the most recognizable cities in the world. Hawaii's endless beaches and lush landscape create breathtaking scenery. Indiana, the heart of the Midwest, has a glorious landscape worthy of the heart of America. Each book captures the landscapes and communities that make the United States so special.

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Indiana can be proud of the role it played in making America what it is today - the Hoosier state turned out legendary musicians, daring space explorers and sports superstars. The continual surge to explore new vistas of the imagination and human achievement led to incredible advancements - in technology, medicine, and human relationships.

The century, ushered in by horse and buggy, exists at supersonic speed. Indiana's daily newspapers have served as the chroniclers of ongoing history. The vast array of images from The Indianapolis Star and The Indianapolis News printed within this volume produces a grand portrait of a people and the land they inhabit - a marvelous mosaic of life in Indiana in the 20th century.

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Based on Ray Boomhower's regular column in Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History, this lavishly illustrated guide highlights many of the beautiful and fascinating public historic sites located throughout Indiana and the many people who brought these places to prominence.

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A delightful book of photographs ably supported by text, The Spirit of the Place is a celebration of the subtle rather than the spectacular. Although Indiana cannot lay claim to sensational snowcapped mountains such as the Rockies or vast geological formations such as the Grand Canyon, her gently rolling hills stained with autumn colors and her creekbeds sculpted by winter ice possess a quieter, no less profound beauty.

Photographer Darryl Jones not only finds this beauty, but he translates it with breathtaking immediacy: a field of black-eyed Susans against a cloudless blue sky; morning light playing against a complicated pattern of rows of cut hay; sunset reflected in the ripples of a pond--this is the understated beauty of southern Indiana's hill country. Accompanying these sublime images is James Alexander Thom's lyrical prose, which tells the story of the places and the people who settled them. The Spirit of the Place is contemplative, harmonious, and profound.

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Otto Ping began taking pictures of the people and places of his native Brown County, Indiana, in 1900. Primarily a portraitist, Ping photographed individuals, couples, family groups, and larger gatherings. His portraits have a documentary quality, and one senses in the faces that peer from these images the determination with which these people met lives of toil and hardship

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Book of Indiana postcards

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