Across Ground

Like an epic landscape poem, the two-volume photobook “Across Ground” by the San Francisco-based photographer Lukas Felzmann takes us on an allusive journey through a scarred Californian landscape.

“Ground” weaves together a series of black-and-white topographical details of California’s fifty-eight counties, accompanied by reflections on each site by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Forrest Gander.

In “Across” Felzmann roams freely, collecting signs of human activity in the natural environment. An essay by photography historian Corey Keller illuminates his visual language.