My debut novel, Blood to Rubies, is unique in historical fiction
in that it features 70 black-and-white images. Many are archival images from famous frontier photographers of the 1800s. Others are from some of the world's greatest contemporary photographers of the American West, landscapes, horses, and the Nez Perce.
During my many years of writing, researching and publishing my debut novel, Blood to Rubies, I met so many extraordinary people, among them Nez Perce elders and tribal members, photographers, authors, and historical scholars. I pored over hundreds of books with archival images of frontier photographers from the 1800s, some who became very famous, some who remain unknown today.
I used David Jensen's spectacular image of the Lostine River, near Wallowa Lake for the opening image of Chapter 40, "echoes of stone," page 201. No doubt Chief Joseph played on the banks of the Lostine River during his childhood, very near Chief Joseph’s ancestral home.
David Jensen is an award-winning fine art and landscape photographer who has lived for thirty years at the foot of Wallowa Lake, Oregon. He had produced more than 40,000 photographs throughout the Pacific Northwest, along the Pacific coast from Canada to Mexico. His work has appeared in National Geographic, Time-Life books, Sierra Club, Audubon, numerous other magazines, books, and calendar publishers. His photography was also featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Art Beat program. Fine art galleries across Oregon feature his work.
You can view his photographs at: www.djensenphotography.com
David's prints can also be purchased at: www.agpix.com/djensen
ABOUT THE IMAGES IN BLOOD TO RUBIES
My debut novel is extremely unique in historical fiction since it features 70 black-and-white images. I searched high and low to find these images and worked with the world's most iconic libraries, including the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, National Archives, the Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale University, the National Park Service, the Nez Perce Historical Park Service, the Polish Digital Equestrian Library, special private collections, and many state historical societies. The images help tell the story of my main character, a fictional frontier photographer, Frederick Cortland. Many are 1800s archival images from real frontier photographers. But some are from the world's leading contemporary photographers of the American West, of horses, and of the Nez Perce.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING THIS JOURNEY WITH ME❣️🙏💙
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Originally posted January 19, 2024 on NotesfromtheFrontier.com and Facebook.
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