COMPASS OF THE EPHEMERAL: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF BLACK ROCK CITY THROUGH THE LENS OF WILL ROGER
Burning Man co-founder, artist, and environmentalist Will Roger presents fifteen years of his aerial and drone photography documenting Black Rock City, a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert of northwestern Nevada to support the Burning Man event. Compass of the Ephemeral discusses the history, development, and significance of Black Rock City. It offers personal accounts from key figures instrumental in its inception and tells the origin story of what has become a global community.
Burning Man co-founder, artist, and environmentalist Will Roger presents fifteen years of his aerial and drone photography documenting Black Rock City, a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert of northwestern Nevada to support the Burning Man event. Compass of the Ephemeral discusses the history, development, and significance of Black Rock City. It offers personal accounts from key figures instrumental in its inception and tells the origin story of what has become a global community.
Burning Man co-founder, artist, and environmentalist Will Roger presents fifteen years of his aerial and drone photography documenting Black Rock City, a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert of northwestern Nevada to support the Burning Man event. Compass of the Ephemeral discusses the history, development, and significance of Black Rock City. It offers personal accounts from key figures instrumental in its inception and tells the origin story of what has become a global community.
ABOUT WILL ROGER
Will Roger is an artist, teacher, innovator, and environmentalist. Co-founder of Burning Man, the Black Rock Arts Foundation, and Burning Man Project, Roger has also served as chairman of the Sierra-Front Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council and as president of the Friends of the Black Rock-High Rock. His aerial photography has been exhibited at the Nevada Museum of Art, The Rotunda of the United States Capitol, Sotheby’s, and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He lectures internationally on topics related to the environment and urban planning.
PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN: 9780977880652
Hardback
8 x 10 inches | 203 x 254 mm
216 pages
$30 | €28 | £26
Publication date: June 18, 2019