A photobook created by a father and son from their road trip through the American West.
By Har-Prakash and Gurudayal Khalsa
In April 2017, our family road tripped through the national and state parks in Utah. Family sweetened our travel, and travel refreshed our familial relationships. Eight days after we set out, the others returned home, and as father and son, we continued our photographic journey in California for another sixteen days.
During our trip, the two of us took about 10,000 photos. We visited some of the most beautiful scenery in the world and had many meaningful conversations. We decided to make a book of our journey, combining our photographs and writing.
Our self-published book consists of 100+ photographs from our of father-son Road Trip, sprinkled with text pages and stories. Foreword by Dr. Gabor Maté and his son Daniel Maté.
To purchase by any alternative methods including e-transfer and local delivery, please get in touch at gurudayalkhalsa@gmail.com.
Our Journey
In mid-2017 we began working on the first version of our book, editing 10,000 photos from our month-long trip down to about 100. The process of creating this book over the last year and a half was similar to how we travelled. We changed our minds frequently as to which direction to go. How many classic landscape or family portraits should be included? Colour or black and white? After much pushing and pulling our decisions were made together in the spirit of what the book seemed to want.
The Photographers
Gurudayal Khalsa is a photographer and visual storyteller based in Vancouver, Canada. Inspired by early travel experiences and the great outdoors, he uses photography as a tool to document his experience and explore humanity’s connection and disconnection with the natural world.
Har-Prakash Khalsa’s artistic practice is fueled equally by neuroscience, nature, beauty, human intimacy, and the world’s contemplative traditions. His oeuvre includes photography, painting, printmaking, performance, and installations. Har-Prakash’s work has been exhibited across Canada, the United States, and Europe.
The Team
Foreword: Gabor Maté is a medical doctor retired from clinical practice, a bestselling author and international public speaker on issues related to childhood development and parenting, physical and mental health and wellness, and addiction. In 2018 he was granted his country’s highest civilian distinction, the Order of Canada, for his pioneering medical work and writings.
Foreword: Daniel Maté is a writer and performer originally from Vancouver. He has received multiple awards for his theatre music and lyrics, including the prestigious Kleban Prize. He will be his father Gabor’s co-author on two upcoming books, and recently launched the world’s first “walking Mental Chiropractic service”.
Design: Nash Paul DSouza is a designer and illustrator based in Toronto, Canada. He is most excited to work on projects that have a spiritual, community or cultural angle. He is also a kundalini yoga teacher and keenly interested in community arts.
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