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Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians (Bur Oak Book)
Sandra Louise Dyas
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Description for Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians (Bur Oak Book)
Hardcover. In 1987, photographer Sandra Dyas moved to Iowa City and began documenting the area's vibrant live music scene. This work contains sixty photos which capture her twenty years of photographing live music venues and shooting portraits of musicians in and around the city. Series: A Bur Oak Book. Num Pages: 88 pages, 60 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; 3JJPR; AJCP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 667.
In 1987, photographer Sandra Dyas moved to Iowa City and began documenting the area's vibrant live music scene, with its distinctive com-bination of folk, blues, roots/Americana, and rock sounds. The sixty photos in ""Down to the River"" capture her twenty years of photographing live music venues and shooting portraits of musicians in and around the city, resulting in a collection of images as compassionate and honest as the music itself. Dyas' photographs present both the sweaty intensity of live performances and the more contemplative moments of individual portraits. They are complemented by Chris Offutt's empathetic essay, which also encapsulates the ... Read more
In 1987, photographer Sandra Dyas moved to Iowa City and began documenting the area's vibrant live music scene, with its distinctive com-bination of folk, blues, roots/Americana, and rock sounds. The sixty photos in ""Down to the River"" capture her twenty years of photographing live music venues and shooting portraits of musicians in and around the city, resulting in a collection of images as compassionate and honest as the music itself. Dyas' photographs present both the sweaty intensity of live performances and the more contemplative moments of individual portraits. They are complemented by Chris Offutt's empathetic essay, which also encapsulates the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Condition
New
Series
A Bur Oak Book
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
Iowa, United States
ISBN
9780877459972
SKU
V9780877459972
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About Sandra Louise Dyas
Sandra Dyas received her MFA in intermedia and video art from the University of Iowa in 1998; she teaches photography at Cornell College and has a thriving freelance photography business. Her photographs have been published on and in numerous CDS, websites, and magazines including No Depression, Vogue, Acoustic Guitar, and the New York Times. Chris Offutt is the author of ... Read more
Reviews for Down to the River: Portraits of Iowa Musicians (Bur Oak Book)
When you look at Sandy Dyas's affectionate portraits of musicians, you think you are there, in the presence of old friends, and certain that you can hear the sound of their voices. - SYLVIA PLACHY, author, Self Portrait with Cows Going Home