Desert to Dream: A Decade of Burning Man Photography

Desert to Dream: A Decade of Burning Man Photography
by Barbara Traub

Desert to Dream: A Decade of Burning Man Photography
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Author: Barbara Traub
Contributor: Les Blank
Contributor: Larry Harvey
Contributor: Leonard Nimoy
Contributor: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-01
ISBN: 1597020036
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Immedium

Book Reviews of Desert to Dream: A Decade of Burning Man Photography

Book Review: Best book on Burning Man I've seen yet
Summary: 5 Stars

I remember Barbara Traub's photos from Wired magazine and their book in the late '90s, but her new title far outshines that and all earlier attempts to chronicle this scene. Sure, there have been other documentary efforts to help readers wrap their minds around the crazy compulsion to find oneself out in Black Rock City. But as they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words."

Certainly there are a ton of snapshots now on Flickr, but here are images few alive have captured and a unified body of work from a true professional. Traub's collection is breathtaking in composition, thoughtful in its theme, and unrivalled in scope. Plus the list of contributors is a who's who, from poet-laureate Ferlinghetti, the iconic Spock, and filmmaker Les Blank to the man himself Larry Harvey. Each has something unique to offer, and, when taken together, combine to really capture the kaleidescopic essence of being there.

Every Burner I've shared this book with has been truly impressed. It is a beautifully designed package which is also a great value, and (unfortunately) bound to inspire even more newbies to join the fun.

Summary of Desert to Dream: A Decade of Burning Man Photography

?Barbara Traub captures an expansive desert of everything but normality where monstrous beings of all shapes, colors and sizes congregate each year with contraptions that challenge everyday familiarity.??Sidelines Online

?The event is more than the sum of its art cars, kinetic sculptures or suntanned bodies clad in body paint and glitter (and sometimes not much else).??Wired

Attended by 20 people on a San Francisco beach in 1986, the ?Burning Man? festival has mushroomed into a desert pilgrimage for 40,000 people annually. For one week, Burning Man qualifies as Nevada's fifth-largest city, and climaxes on Labor Day weekend with the burning of four-story tall wooden ?man.?

This is an unprecedented photographic record of an evolving decade of Burning Man, from its infancy as a performance art exhibit to its explosion as a pop culture destination. Photographer Barbara Traub captures the sacred and profane, from inspired costumes to otherworldly artifacts that defy convention.

Traub describes the dynamic scenes along with contributions from filmmaker Les Blank, Burning Man founder Larry Harvey, and poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Now a global network fueled by the Internet, Burning Man is the twenty-first century?s ultimate celebration of the human imagination.

Barbara Traub is a critically acclaimed photographer residing in San Francisco, California. Her art has exhibited internationally, and her Burning Man photographs have appeared in Wired, Spiegel Online, Photo District News, San Francisco Chronicle, and New Age. Chief photographer for HardWired's book Burning Man, she curated Photo SF?s 2004 ?Art of Burning Man? gallery.

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