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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Katharine Harmon. Author. Seattle.


The Map As Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography is a detailed volume of artwork by contemporary artists that involves maps or their use. The maps included have been made in a variety of media such as rubber, linoleum and various textiles. A must-have book for those of us who loves maps!
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You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination takes a look at peoples love of maps + mapmaking. Harmon covers the human impulse to locate itself in the cosmos. There are three categories "Personal Geography," "At Home in the World" and "Realms of Fantasy," which contain 50 color + 50 b&w cartographical illustrations.
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Katherine runs her own publishing company Tributary Books.