A Photographic Ramble Through the Baker River Valley of New Hampshire.

In the heart of New Hampshire, the geographic center of the state, is a beautiful meandering river that is the focal point of a very special community of people and a landscape that grows into the heart like a spreading wildfire. The Baker River, called Asquamchumaukee by the original natives of the region, is an archetype of a river, beginning with the fast flowing waters of the Moosilaukee region and ending in broad lugubrious oxbows where it meets the Pemigewasset River. Anyone who has canoed the Baker or climbed Rattlesnake Mountain or hiked Mount Cube; anyone who has bicycled or driven along the Buffalo Road, can't help but fall in love with this area. If the landscape isn't enough the people will seal the deal: pragmatic, serious-minded in their politics, and deeply devoted to their families; people who work hard, play hard and who immerse themselves joyfully in the life of their community and the other communities of the valley. Wayne King the artist behind this loving photographic ramble, has known the region from every possible perspective: as a guide in the White Mountains, a teacher in the schools, a Senator and the Democratic nominee for Governor, a publisher of a lifestyle magazine and, most recently, as a CEO of a public company in the environmental protection space. This is the 8"x10" standard landscape version.