PUBLICATIONS
October 2002 Issue
The Geographical Review
October 2002, Vol. 92 (4), pp. 545-554
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDS
PETER GOIN
Keywords: Black Rock, desert, lyricism, mountains, Nevada, photography, water.
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ABSTRACT:
Black Rock is one of the nation’s newest national conservation areas. This significant
desert-and-mountain region 107 miles north of Reno, Nevada, is the focus of increased global attention, in
part due to the annual Burning Man festival, which has become a cause célèbre of the dot-com set and many
others. This photographic essay offers a visual sampling of the lyrical sensibility of this unique environment.
Geography, I argue, can be an overtly photographic textual form.
Keywords: Black Rock, desert, lyricism, mountains, Nevada, photography, water.
[View the abstract in Adobe pdf format]
ABSTRACT:
Black Rock is one of the nation’s newest national conservation areas. This significant desert-and-mountain region 107 miles north of Reno, Nevada, is the focus of increased global attention, in part due to the annual Burning Man festival, which has become a cause célèbre of the dot-com set and many others. This photographic essay offers a visual sampling of the lyrical sensibility of this unique environment. Geography, I argue, can be an overtly photographic textual form.