Utah, UT
Utah is a U.S. state located in the western
United States. It was the 45th state admitted to
the union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 88
percent of Utah's 2,500,000 people, known as "Utahns,"
live in an urban concentration with Salt Lake
City as the center, known as the Wasatch Front.
In contrast, vast expanses of the state are
nearly uninhabited, making the population the
sixth most urbanized in the U.S.
The name "Utah" is derived from the Ute Indian
language, meaning "people of the mountains".
Utah is known for its geological diversity
ranging from snowcapped mountains to
well-watered river valleys to rugged, stony
deserts.
It is also known for being one of the most
religiously homogeneous states in the Union,
with approximately 62 percent of its inhabitants
claiming membership in The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, which greatly
influences Utah culture and daily life.
The state is a center of transportation,
information technology and research, government
services and mining as well as a major tourist
destination for outdoor recreation.
St. George, Utah was the fastest growing
metropolitan area in the United States from
2000-2005[6] with Utah being the sixth fastest
growing state overall in 2006.
Geography
Utah is generally rocky with three distinct
geological regions: the Rocky Mountains, the
Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau.
Utah is known for its natural diversity and is
home to features ranging from arid deserts with
sand dunes to thriving pine forests in mountain
valleys. Utah is one of the Four Corners states,
and is bordered by Idaho and Wyoming in the
north; by Colorado in the east; at a single
point by New Mexico to the southeast (at the
Four Corners Monument); by Arizona in the south;
and by Nevada in the west.
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Marian Kraus Photography: Where Photography Is A
Fine Art
by
Timmy Vic
If
you're looking for a fine art photographer in
Chicago, look no further than Marian Kraus
Photography. Captured with the eyes of a true
artist, this photographer's portfolio has been
exhibited throughout the US as well as
internationally. His work is considered collectible
and with good reason-this Chicago-based fine art
photographer truly brings back the art into fine art
photography. Based on a combination of professional
background and personal outlook, Marian Kraus' work
has an elegance and humanism which is rare even in
the photography business.
Going beyond the idea of the picture-or indeed, work
of art-as an object, a mere representation of a
higher reality, Kraus' photographs try and capture
the essence of that higher reality itself. In the
Marian Kraus collection, no corporate boardroom is
merely a place of business. The Kraus lens zooms
into the intimate details of the human face to
capture the humanity behind a corporate negotiation.
Likewise, even his photographs depicting inanimate
objects are able to peer under the surface and
expose the universe in which these objects exist.
His photograph of a child on a swing captures the
carefree joy in the closed eyes of the child as well
as the magnitude of the force of nature that is
pushing her swing.
Indeed, the tag of 'fine art' photographer would be
too limited to describe this long-standing doyen of
Chicago photography. If the role of the artist is to
depict the human in everyday life, Marian Kraus is
indeed an artist; and a philosopher; and a poet. His
pictures ask questions while describing in ways that
words can never hope to, the infinite poetry of
existence. Even something as seemingly commonplace
as a corporate portrait is more than a face that
smiles at you. More to the point, it is a smile that
faces you; makes you take notice of it and marvel at
its existence.
Based on the belief that fine art photography is
more than just images on paper, every item that has
come under the lens of this fine art photographer
from Chicago leaps out of the page and expresses a
thought, an idea, a sensation.
Born
in Czechoslovakia, Marian Kraus has been a fine art
photographer for 12 years. During that course of
time, he has been able to endow his work with that
rare combination of elegance and perfection that
makes good fine art photography, great.
Consider adding photographs from this Chicago fine
art photographer's portfolio to your own private
collection. They might just make you see life in a
different way.
For
more information on this internationally-renowned
fine art photographer from Chicago, visit
MarianKrausPhotography.com
About the Author
Marian Kraus Photography is a
commercial photography company specializing in
commercial, architecture, and fine arts photography.
For more information, visit
MarianKrausPhotography.com.
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