Distant Shores: Music and Photographs from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan

by Richard Olsenius

Distant Shores is a visual and musical jpurnrey along the Great Lakes of Superior and Michigan. The beauty of these inland seas, which comprise America's Midwest Coast, is legendary and has inspired artists, writerts and poets for centuries. Richard Olsenius compiled this portfolio of images while on assignment for National Geographic Magazine. Traveling 4,000 miles along the shores of Lake Michigan and Superior, he has captured the strength and endurance of the people and landscape of the region. In Distant Shores, Olsenius also combines photography with his lifelong love of music by composing and performing 11 instrumental passages which evoke the many moods of these lakes. This blending of photography and New Age music provides a sensitive visual=soundscape of the lakes, the land and the people. It is a unique portfolio which resonates with the spirit of these Great Lakes.

112 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1990

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biased in my high rating because I love the subject matter. Haunting and beautiful photography of the two greatest of the great lakes. Capturing landscapes and the people who have lived in the land of lakes Superior and Michigan. Spans the remote up north Isle Royal to the gritty steel mills outside Chicago. Poetic commentary prefaces the photographs.