Ephemera: Poetry and Photography by Lloyd Patrick Baker (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780996343305)

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Ephemera: Poetry and Photography by Lloyd Patrick Baker

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Ephemera: Poetry and Photography by Lloyd Patrick Baker

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Ephemera is a photographic and poetic journey through geologic history and ancient mythology to modern day warfare, politics and man's ultimate corruption of nature. A rich lyrical strata of shrapnel, mahogany and mastodons, this is the opus of Lloyd Baker, a somber and surrealistic artist who's elegiac words and striking photography ring with prophetic verity. A native of Eastern Oregon, born during the Great Depression, Lloyd writes with reverence for the high desert of his childhood. As a young boy, he practiced falconry, taxidermy and ballistics and observed first-hand the treatment of Japanese Americans at the internment camp at Tule Lake. The son of a uranium miner, Lloyd fought against the storage and burial of toxic 2, 4-D chemicals near Lakeview and has witnessed the destructive impact of technology, greed, and waste upon nature and cultures. A man of diverse artistic talents, he studied ceramics in Finland on a Fulbright from Indiana University, and has been a professional photographer since his service during the Cold War. Enthralled by ancient and native cultures, Lloyd lived for a time among the Huichol Indians and engrossed himself in the study of mythology and ancient languages from Sanskrit, Anglo-Saxon to Hittite. Lloyd's life-long engagement with languages, etymology, ornithology, geology, archaeology, history and literature enriches his poetry. A haunting poetic epic, Ephemera is sure to be intellectually engaging and stimulating for the anthropologist, the romantic and nature-lover alike.

Author: Lloyd Patrick Baker,Chelsea Leach
ISBN-10: 099634330X
ISBN-13: 9780996343305
Publisher: Wasabi Cat Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/04/2015
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
By Lloyd Patrick Baker
By Lloyd Patrick Baker
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Lloyd Patrick Baker, born 1929, is an artist who's elegiac words and striking photography, composed over decades, still ring with prophetic verity today. He regards his opus "Ephemera" as a reflective journal that takes on surrealistic tones as he combines his interests and experiences as a child of the high desert and the Great Depression. Growing up in the Klamath basin as the son of a uranium miner, Lloyd became politically aware at a young age after observing the treatment of Japanese Americans in the internment camp in Tule Lake, CA. As a child he studied taxidermy, ballistics and was one the first in Oregon to practice falconry. He served as a photographer in Germany during the Cold War and upon his return home continued his study of art the Portland Art Museum School. Lloyd has a BA and MFA from Indiana University and was awarded a Fulbright grant to study ceramics in Finland. A passionate activist since his youth, he fought the dumping of over 25K barrels of 2,4-D and Agent Orange ingredients in Eastern Oregon, and has been a vocal witness against the destructive nature of man and war. Lloyd's poetry is enriched by his love of Eastern Oregon and a life-long engagement with languages, etymology, geology, ornithology, archaeology and history. He combines popular expressions with his own unique form of line, rhythms, and word forms. His poetic voice is unique, somber, challenging and engaging for those of serious mindset about today's events and the questionable future we face.

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