EDGE by David Ricci /backlog Essick photographed the forest for

Essick photographed the forest for two years with the goal to produce a personal vision of this natural ecosystem that can coexist with a large metropolitan city

accompanied by text from writer Amy Bonnaffons

We must acknowledge the many ways in which this country has perpetuated a racial hierarchy since these lands were first colonized and stripped from indigenous peoples

Debbie Fleming Caffery is internationally renowned for her work in documentary photography and as a photography teacher

where each image engages in a quiet

EDGE by David Ricci /backlog Essick photographed the forest forEDGE is one of those rare books that come along that will change the way you see the world. For more than 30 years, David Ricci has turned his camera on the everyday world with a curiosity that is driven by finding those places, views, and situations that bring the edge of chaos into alignment with the edge of aesthetic brilliance and transcendent beauty, seeking and finding a different and enlightening visual conversation with our material culture.