Floating Island

BOOK INFO Hardcover, 13 X 10.25 In. / 156 Pages / 62 Color ISBN 9780988983144 List Price: $49.95  “...its true focus might be what the desert unearths about America.”, - Time Lightbox, June 5, 2014 “...in both color and black-and-white photographs, he uses long exposures and quiet images to capture the complicated cycle of life and destruction in a Martian-like terrain.”, - Hyperallergic, July 3, 2014 Also featured by American Photo Magazine, Best Photobooks of the Year, December 2014 Photographs by Mike Osborne  Austin-based photographer Mike Osborne's Floating Island revolves around the border-straddling community of Wendover, Utah and West Wendover, Nevada. Once home to an important World War II aviation training facility, the town is now a gaming destination with five sprawling casinos. In addition to tracing this historical trajectory, Osborne's photographs reflect the fantastical aspects of the surrounding landscape. The book's title, Floating Island, refers to a small mountain