After the Storm: Bob Walker and the East Bay Regional Park District
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (681 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0899974546 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Over the years he and his films have won numerous awards, including a National Emmy in News and Broadcasting, a U.S. Film Festival (Sundance) Grand Prize for Documentary, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Marin-based author and documentary film producer Christopher Beaver was born and raised in Northern California. With a penchant for California but an eye on the world, his lens has captured everything from the links between nuclear power and nuc
Bill Copeland said After The Storm. This is a FANTASTIC collection of photographs by a real artist. The East Bay Regional Park District lands (Alameda & Contra Costa Counties in CA) are one of a kind jewels to be enjoyed. Thanks to some visionaries these parks, trails and open spaces have been preserved for humankind.. Beautiful Book Leanne Grabel This is a beautiful book, beautifully written. I highly recommend your purchase of this book. Besides, I know the writer of this book and he's doing important environmental work as a documentary filmmaker focusing on California's fragile ecosystems.
This book includes more than 80 of the best images of the 40,000 Walker donated to the Oakland Museum of California. His images, together with his advocacy, helped contribute to the designation of new parklands, now permanently protected from development. Some photos document open space that has been lost forever to urban and suburban sprawl. The photographs, combined with descriptions of his activism, create a revealing portrait of a remarkable regionwhat has been saved and what can easily be lost. Bob Walker (1952-1992), a self-taught photogr
Over the years he and his films have won numerous awards, including a National Emmy in News and Broadcasting, a U.S. Film Festival (Sundance) Grand Prize for Documentary, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. With a penchant for California but an eye on the world, his lens has captured everything from the links between nuclear power and nuclear weapons, the San Francisco Bay and it's open space border, to water policy in an age of global warming. His most recent film is . About the Author Marin-based author and documentary film producer Christopher Beaver was born and raised in Northern California