Signed by the Author –Colorado 1870-2000– Oversize Faux-Leather 1999 Coffee Table Book

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Bound in an elegant brown embossed faux-leather cover with striking gold lettering, this oversized 1999 landscape coffee-table book serves as … Read more Bound in an elegant brown embossed faux-leather cover with striking gold lettering, this oversized 1999 landscape coffee-table book serves as both a profound historical document and a high-end decorative anchor for a curated bookshelf or living room design. John Fielder, the renowned nature photographer who hand-signed this collectible volume, spent decades exploring the rugged wilderness of the Rocky Mountains, making him uniquely qualified to trace the century-long transformation of the American West. By perfectly aligning his contemporary lens with Jackson’s historic vantage points exactly 130 years later, Fielder meticulously retraced the photographer's geographic footsteps—the pioneering 19th-century photographer whose survey expeditions between 1870 and 1878 critically documented a rapidly disappearing Old West frontier. Spanning 224 pages, 156 side-by-side photograph pairings vividly map stunning environmental and cultural changes, showing transitions at legendary locations like Aspen before and after skiing enterprises, the silver boom town of Leadville, and sweeping panoramas of Kenosha Pass. Beyond the town views, the collection features breathtaking deep-canyon vistas of the wild Arkansas River flowing through sheer, vertical granite cliffs, long before modern infrastructure changed the landscape. It documents spectacular panoramic frames of the iconic towering red rock formations framing the distant snow-capped peaks of the Front Range before the surrounding plains were developed, alongside brilliant color photographs that stand in stark contrast to historic black-and-white plates of the famously mirrored twin alpine peaks rising sharply above the valley near Aspen. Additionally, dramatic high-altitude perspectives frame the steep alpine valleys and early mining camps nestled directly beneath the rugged, jagged peaks of southwestern Colorado, capturing the elusive, snow-filled cross cresting the deep wilderness of the rugged Sawatch Range, mirroring one of the nineteenth century's most famous historic mountain photographs. By perfectly aligning his contemporary color lens with Jackson’s historic black-and-white vantage points, Fielder provides a brilliant visual chronicle of Colorado's evolution over more than a century. shagreen See less