Jo Mora was a California (by way of Uruguay and Boston) painter, sculptor, author, photographer and, most notably, map-maker. He sculpted the many
figures on the Monterey County Courthouse and designed the chapel in the
Carmel mission. He spent three years living with and
photographing the Navajo and Hopi in Arizona. He authored and illustrated a number of
children's books. Of all his many talents, Mora was probably best known for his
unique maps ("cartes" as he called them) of the West. He created incredibly detailed maps, interesting, funny and maybe anachronistically racial, of
California,
Yosemite and
Yellowstone. Music fans will recognize Mora's work from the Byrds' 1968 album
Sweetheart of the Rodeo (full carte
here).
posted by one_bean
on Jan 26, 2012 -
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