"Pioneering, modernist photographer Paul Strand made Southwest images of formal, evocative beauty during the turbulent years 1930 to 1932, a time of significant change in his personal, artistic, and political life. This book reproduces fifty, newly edited photographs - both classic and previously unpublished - in a fresh portrait of this distinctive American region. Following the portfolio, Paul Strand Southwest assembles a narrative montage of art,...

Photographs by Paul Strand gathered from public and private collections, with an introduction to his growth as artist and personal forces that combined to influence his art.