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A stunning book of retro, mind-bending photography that unlocks a hidden world of natural wonder, personal reflection and outdoor adventure. More than 40 years ago, British Columbia photographer Art Twomey stumbled across a narrow crack in the desert floor in northern Arizona. It was a slot canyon, a stone crevasse narrow, carved by water, its interior lost in shadow when seen by a curious person peering in from the rim. Twomey's photos from that day were unlike anything he had ever put on emulsion. They pictured a dream world, an intricate underground fantasy where lines bent, topsy met turvy, upside was down, inside was out. The images made as much sense backwards as forwards, which is to say they made no sense at all. For over a decade, Twomey, Morrow and Schmidt spent spring and fall seasons hauling their cameras through the wildest, most intricately carved slot canyons they could find. At the time, slots were virtually unknown, their exquisite beauties not yet appreciated. There were no guidebooks, no guided tours, no high-resolution satellite images to work from. A big part of the pleasure was a sense of discovery, of finding places no one knew.

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The book is, in part, a dedication to those canyons lost to man-made interference, to Art Twomey who clearly loved them so dearly, to the local Navajo people and to the true beauty of the slot canyons that can only be captured with patience, respect and years of visitation - what you might call the search for Tao. -- (07/25/2018) Searching For Tao Canyon chronicles in razor-sharp Kodachrome film and text a decade's worth of exploration in the subterranean world of the American desert, long before it was Instagrammed to death. -- (06/08/2018) In...a stunning new book, adventurers reflect on four decades of discovery - and friendship - in the American desert southwest. -- (04/01/2018)

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Pat Morrow is an adventure photographer based in Invermere, B.C. and has worked on magazine, book and corporate assignments, as well as shooting video documentaries worldwide for the past 35 years. He began a collaboration with Jeremy Schmidt that ranged from coverage of canyoneering, back country skiing and mountain culture stories, to launching out with our wives on a seven month overland journey around the Himalaya, resulting in the book Himalayan Passage. Pat was the first to climb the highest peak on all seven continents (as documented in his book Beyond Everest), and received the Order of Canada for his photographic and exploratory work. He and his wife Baiba have won nine national magazine awards, and they now concentrate on volunteer efforts for a local environmental organization called Wildsight. Jeremy Schmidt is a writer and photographer specializing in natural science, conservation, and adventure travel. He is the author or co-author of more than fifteen books and hundreds of articles for magazines including Audubon, Equinox, International Wildlife, National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, GEO, and others. His collaboration with Pat Morrow covers several decades of global adventuring, resulting in articles for numerous magazines and the book Himalayan Passage, winner of the first Barbara Savage Award for adventure writing. He is a founding faculty member of the Jackson Hole Writers Conference, and a Fulbright Scholar in the Council for International Exchange of Scholars; and a popular expert for National Geographic Expeditions trips worldwide. He lives with his wife in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

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