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OUT OF PRINT
The Great Wide Open cover image
UK £35.00
US $59.95
CAN $79.95
Hardback with jacket
160 pages
75 colour illustrations, 8 double fold-outs
19 x 29 cm (7.5 x 11.5 in)
ISBN: 978-1-8589-4132-5
The Great Wide Open
Panoramic Photographs of the American West

Jennifer A. Watts and Claudia Bohn-Spector

The Great Wide Open focuses on panoramic views from the 1850s to the present day, exploring their influence on perceptions of the territory, and charting the mythologization of the American Dream.

Published in association with The Huntington Library, San Marino, California

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Author Profiles
Claudia Bohn-Spector is an independent curator and author who has published extensively on the history of photography.

Jennifer A. Watts is Curator of Photographs at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Reviews
A beautifully printed book and pleasing equally to the touch and eye
The Times Literary Supplement
Attractively presented ... often daring, sometimes shocking ... an interesting and insightful book
Amateur Photographer