DariusHimes

With the Olympics about to begin and everyone discussing the myriad issues surrounding the event, the site, the Chinese government preparations, and the dwindling paper stock available in mainland China at the moment, I thought it appropriate to post an entry about it myself. The other day, the most recent copy of Orion magazine landed on our desk and in it was a review of the new Mark Klett: Saguaros book, published by Radius Books. That alone was exciting. But flipping through the magazine I came across a fantastic little essay by that itinerant essayist Rebecca Solnit. Solnit, as many of you may or may not know, is a writer of national and international acclaim. She has written about photography, the history of photography, the history of photographic technology and the West, as well as many essays about land use, time, the American West, social politics, and the joys of walking (to name just a few off the top of my head). I always thoroughly enjoy coming across her ruminations in all sorts of magazines. This was no different.

The essay is entitled Looking Away From Beauty and is published in the July/August 2008 issue of Orion magazine (click here to subscribe).