[ACC Art Books] Ortner produces a photographic tour de force celebrating the extraordinary majesty and rich legacy of America’s wild places, rediscovering their sublime, dramatic, tranquil, and transcendent aspects. Join Ortner as he guides us through his visions of paradise. "The 230 beautifully rendered black & white images in the book provide a compelling tour of America’s wild places and national parks, from Yosemite and Yellowstone to Death Valley and Utah’s Canyonlands to the Hudson Valley in New York and beyond." — Black & White Photography Visions of Paradise: American Wilderness is a singular, timeless publication—a photographic tour de force celebrating the extraordinary majesty and rich legacy of America’s wild places, as seen through the eyes of one of the country’s foremost wilderness photographers, Jon Ortner, and conveyed through the transcendent medium of black-and-white film. Ortner has always been fascinated with the natural world, particularly as an avid hike