Several years ago, when the Poetry and Prose Project was an outdoor venue, Lindahl spoke and read from his books, entertaining the audience with tales of climbing red rocks, visiting Indian ruins and close encounters with rattlesnakes.
Organizers of the Poetry and Prose Project wanted to take advantage of their indoor library setting by asking award winning photographer Lindahl to make a presentation of his southwestern photographs on the giant library screen. Organizers of the Poetry and Prose Project are excited to see Lindahl’s stunning photos of the Four Corners region on the big screen. To continue with the them regional theme, Peg Millet, singer, author, political activist, friend of Edward Abbey and companion of Katie Lee, will give a short presentation of song and storytelling concerning how our southwestern traditions give us a glimpse into the future.
Lindahl has titled his presentation “A Journey of Images into the Four Corners Region.” He is an Arizona Highways photographer who has continually photographed the landscapes, native cultures and national parks of the Southwest. “It’s actually the reason I moved to Arizona,” he said. “I was fascinated by the sandstone canyons and rock forma-tions, the ancient dwellings and meeting Native American artists.” Lindahl has called Sedona home for over 25 years and during that time he has published six books on the Southwest region including his new “Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest.”
In this presentation, he will share his personal approach in how he captures stunning landscape images, peppered throughout with stories from his travels and adventures. He will also share useful information about travel location research, photo gear, logistics, post-processing, and getting published in books and magazines. He is the author of the best-selling book “Secret Sedona: Sacred Moments in the Landscape” and his travel and landscape photography is consistently published in international magazines. Lindahl’s photography is permanently displayed at Petrified Forest National Park and his Grand Canyon photography has been exhibited by the Smithsonian. See more of his photography by visiting his website, which also showcases his books and photo workshops.
Millett, born in Flagstaff in the 1950s, grew up in Scottsdale and graduated from Prescott College in the 1980s. She’s done everything from fishing for salmon in Alaska, running riding stables for tourists in Norway and Flagstaff, riding the trail of Don Quixote horseback in Spain to working on fire crews for the Forest Service out of Prescott. She is well known in the Earth First Movement as a singer storyteller and did two years in prison for her activism, as one of the Arizona five, in the 1990s. She currently lives in a straw bale house she and friends built, in the Bradshaw Mountains west of Mayer, with two horses, chickens and pets.
Come to the Sedona Public Library on Friday, June 28, at 5 p.m. for a Poetry and Prose Project featuring a slide show presentation by author and photographer Lindahl as well as song and storytelling from environmental activist Millet. The Poetry and Prose Project thanks the Sedona Library and Executive Director Virginia Volkman for hosting this event, and sponsors Mary Heyborne, John Warren Oakes, Sharron Porter, and Jim Hatfield for their invaluable contributions.
Poetry and Prose Project events are hosted by award-winning author and professional storyteller Gary Every.