IMAGES IN THE HEAVENS, PATTERNS ON THE EARTH:
THE I CHING
Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum

Hardbound, 8.25" x 11.5", 160 pages
64 duotones photographs
2004, Museum of New Mexico Press
Introduction by Jonathan Porter

From the Publisher:
In print since ancient times, the I Ching has the remarkable capacity to speak universally through lyrical allegories of the natural and human world. Each person who reads its wise words will draw a different meaning. With Images in the Heavens, Patterns on the Earth: The I Ching, renowned landscape photographers Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum present their own personal interpretations of the 64 hexagrams of the Chinese Oracle—offering an additional metaphorical dimension in 64 duotone landscape portraits paired with text from the I Ching.

In his introduction to the book, Chinese scholar Jonathan Porter contributes a fascinating history of the I Ching—discussing its inception and use in ancient China, its interpretations through the centuries, and its use and relevance today. Porter writes, "If, after all, the purpose of the I Ching is to understand human situations in the context of the processes of nature, then presumably any means to this end that elucidates the hexagrams is appropriate. Janet Russek and David Scheinbaum have accomplished this end with unusual insight, based on their long mutual involvement with the I Ching."

About the Authors:
Janet Russek is a photographer and co-director of Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd. She collaborated with David Scheinbaum on the exhibit and book Ghost Ranch: Land of Light (Balcony Press). David Scheinbaum is professor of art and former director of the Marion Center for Photographic Arts at the College of Santa Fe. Both have had their work widely exhibited and collected. They live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Jonathan Porter is Professor of History and Director of Asian Studies at the University of New Mexico, where he teaches Chinese and Asian history.

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