ABOUT

Schwarz spent four years traveling to observatories in some of the most remote places on Earth. These observatories, operated by the Las Cumbres Observatory Foundation (LOC) in Santa Barbara, span the globe to allow for uninterrupted viewing of the night skies in both hemispheres. But this is not an astronomy book or a showcase for contemplating the billions and billions of stars in the sky. Rather, Schwarz combines distant views into space with close-up views of the people and communities in the areas around these observatories. The result is his collection of free-association musings on humanity’s place in the universe.

Schwarz establishes the extraterrestrial context for the book with images from the telescopes and webcams of the observatories. Then his own images explore life on Earth, or even far below it.