A Day in the Life of California [antikvár]

When Spanish conquistadors first sighted the golden hills of the CoastalRange they thoüght they had discovered "an island called California, very-neat,tö the Terrestrial ParadiSe.""Their geography was imperfect, but the land íhéy later colonized was undeniably blessed.On April 29th, 1988, 100 of the world's leading photographers descended on California to capture A Day in the Life of California. Those expecting to find a laid-back lifestyle revolving around hot tubs and health spas were not disappointed. Neither were those assigned to photograph America's most productive agricultural state, or the Southern California megalopolis that powers the seventh largest economy in the world.California today is 20th century America's Ellis Island. One out of every four immigrants entering the United States eventually settles in California. The Mexican population of Los Angeles county is exceeded only by that of Mexico City. Seventy percent of all Asians now living in the continental United States call California home.The promise of California, and the opportunity it offers newcomers, is not an illusion. Traveling from the.fantasy factories of Hollywood to the dense forests r^ar the Oregon'border, the Da} in the Life team found America's most populous state to-be as rich in contrasts as it is in superlatives. From gene-splicing to gurus; at baseball stadiums and on beaches, in one action-packed day they encountered a state anil j .state of mind, peopled by immigrants in search of a new beginning, actors awaiting their,bigJprcalc' and others simply following the sun.This .upusual one--day odyssey through California, the state Howard Hughes wanted to develop and.'John Muir tried to preserve, produced more than 115,000 photographs. As you page through this book remember that no picture