Beautiful pictures, wonderful essay
Published in 1996 by Graphic Arts Press.
142 pages.
Darryl Jones captures Indiana's beauty like no one else. Jones has made several books filled with wonderful shots from all over Indiana, although he tends to focus on Southwestern Indiana hill country most of all. These are not all nature shots, like some of his other books. There are shots of small towns, grain silos, barns, the Colts, the Indy 500 and Conner Prairie.
Jones' work is paired with James Alexander Thom's essay on Indiana history, character, and its possible future. Thom's writing is not just mindless boosterism, but rather a thoughtful commentary by a Hoosier who is in love with his state, warts and all. The essay is just as wonderful as the pictures, if not better!
I am considering this as a gift for a relative who moved out of state just to remind her of home and its unique character.
I rate this book 5 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon.com here: Indiana II by Darryl Jones and James Alexander Thom.
Reviewed on July 2, 2007.
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