A book that tugs preservationalists' heart strings
For nearly 20 years Adrain Dorst has lived in Tofino plying the west coast of Vancouver Island with his cameras. He has, more so than anyone else, captured the magic of its wild coastline and quiet reaches - its storms, birds and wild wet forests. With thousands of images to choose from, CLAYOQUOT - On the Wild Side is a book about secret wild places. Adrian's camera has also documented the progressive clear-cut logging that has already compromised much of the coast and threatens the rest.
Adrian is known for his patience and persistence. He has been known to hide out in a large cardboard box in the tidal zone of a beach for hours waiting for the tide to rise and birds to flock around for close up photos. He discovered the "hanging garden" cedar tree on Meares Island, which for a few years was the largest redcedar of record in Canada, and took the now famous image of the Sitkas featured in WCWC's Big Trees not Big Stumps poster. Adrian's passion for the " Wild Side" pervades his images.
Cameron Young, author of the Forests of British Columbia and numerous articles about the marvels of Canada's west coast rainforest, went on several trips with Adrian exploring the "wild side" and has subsequently spent more than a year writing the text for the book. His prose captures the majesty of the trees and the power of the seas.
Producer Ken Bud is the genius behind the Wilderness Committee's first coffee table book published last year: CARMANAH - Artistic Vision's of an Ancient Rainforest, winner of two B.C. book prizes, the Roderick Haig-Brown Award and the Book Seller's Choice. He worked closely with Adrian and Cameron melding Cameron's well researched and fervent text with Adrian's vivid images to make CLAYOQUOT - On the Wild Side a major factor in determining which natural areas still remaining on the west coats of Vancouver Island will remain unlogged and wild.
A hardcover, 144 page book with coloured imaged on almost every page, it is printed on "environmentally more friendly" oxygen bleached paper made in Sweden. It is printed and bound in British Columbia, Canada. It's a perfect gift for the special people on your gift list and your own coffee table this Christmas time.
