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And I have felt / A presence that disturbs me with the joy / Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime.William Wordsworth A Sense Sublime is a record of a life lived during the last years of the twentieth century on the northern edge of the tallgrass prairies of Illinois, where seas of flowing grasses give way to the glaciated hills of Wisconsin. With camera in hand, Richard Quinney walked the streets and byways and traveled the country roads. Quinney watched through his viewfinder the rising and passing of all things, giving attention to the wonder of daily existence. He captures the transcendental landscape; land and sky powerfully meld into one. The black and white of shadow on snow explores the light and darkness we know and experience in human existence. Gothic images of weathered homes and barns of long-gone settlers and shaded cemeteries still haunt the landscape, while romantic vistas of clouds majestically drifting over magnificent prairies instill an agrarian sublimity akin to Wordsworth or Thoreau. The photographs, from the end of a century, document the passing of the seasons and the years. Quinneys photographs are historical artifacts, framed of portions of the world withi

Author

Quinney, Richard

Publisher

Madison, WI: Borderland Books

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780983517443

Subjects

Photography, Arts

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14