Lindbloom, Eric. Salt Grass by Eric Lindbloom.

Lodima Press Portfolio Book Number Thirteen, 2008. Edition of 1,000.  The title is descriptive of these black-and-white photographs by Lindbloom, whose other books included Angels at the Arno (1994).  The book features a selection of photographs taken over three summers from 1998 to 2000 in the Cape Cod Meadows, Massachusetts.  Lodima Press is renowned for the high quality reproductions in its photography books. Wraps, 24 pages, like new.  

Eric Lindbloom (1934–2020) was an American photographer celebrated for his lyrical, finely detailed black-and-white landscapes and mastery of natural light. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Lindbloom studied literature and philosophy at the University of Michigan before training in photography under the renowned master Paul Caponigro from 1969 to 1971. Based in the Hudson Valley region of New York, he often utilized a Diana medium-format plastic camera and traditional gelatin silver printing process to capture subtle textures, quiet forms, and atmospheric landscapes, producing notable monograph series such as Angels in the Snow, Salt Grass, and Surrealist Landscapes. In 1977, Lindbloom co-founded the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW), serving as a vital guiding force in the Hudson Valley photographic community alongside his wife, the Newbery Honor-winning author Nancy Willard. His work was featured in more than thirty solo exhibitions during his lifetime and remains held in major public collections, including the New York Public Library, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Library of Congress, and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. 

Salt Grass by Eric Lindbloom is a slim, elegant photography monograph that serves as an intimate visual study of nature's coastal landscapes. Part of the Lodima Press Portfolio Book Series, the 24-page book captures a specific, tranquil environment through a refined artistic lens.

Core Themes and Content

• Focus and Setting: The book features a curated selection of black-and-white landscape photographs taken over three consecutive summers, from 1998 to 2000, in the salt meadows of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

• The "Marriage" of Elements: At the heart of the collection is what Lindbloom describes as "the saga of the marriage of salt sea and grass." Rather than focusing on grand, panoramic vistas, his photographs document the delicate, sinuous rhythms of matted marsh grass as it bends, shifts, and adapts to the continuous push and pull of the ocean tide.

• Poetic Minimalist Aesthetic: Strongly influenced by his background in literature and philosophy—as well as his training under master photographer Paul Caponigro—Lindbloom’s finely detailed images transform ordinary coastal topography into abstract, poetic imagery. The work emphasizes quietude, texture, and the subtle whispers of the natural world.

• Production Quality: True to Lodima Press's reputation for high-end photography books, the collection is printed using a specialized 600-line screen quadtone process on heavy stock, ensuring that the subtle tonal variations and deep contrasts of Lindbloom’s original gelatin silver prints are precisely preserved.

The book is highly regarded by collectors of fine-art photography as a masterful, meditative exploration of resilience, fluidity, and quiet coastal beauty.