"The explorer travels to discover and investigate; the pilgrim travels and investigates to discover the sacred.

When the eye beholds the sacred, one begins to better see oneself."

Presented as a lifelong journey of self-discovery, Photographer David Halpern showcases more than fifty years of photographing the American landscape. In this retrospective book, his images are accompanied by a self-revealing essay providing insight into the motivations of a sensitive photographic artist.

Halpern has served eleven times as a National Park Artist-in-Residence, has taught photography for more than three decades and was a 2004 inductee into the Tulsa Historical Society's Hall of Fame

Hardbound, 10" x 12", 168 pages, 128 color and tri-tone black and white images, $50*

*A special clamshell encased collectors' edition of 125 books, individually numbered and signed by the photographer, along with a signed and numbered pigmented ink black and white print, is available through selected galleries for $350.00. For purchase information about these collectors edition copies, please visit

the following page.

Booksellers: To place book orders, please contact:*

As of May 1, 2009 and until further notice:

Gneissline Publishing
Tulsa, OK
(918) 742-8978
fax (918) 742-8979
www.davidhalpern.com
ISBN: 987-0-9788165-0-6

* Distribution contract will be reassigned after 5/1/09