Compass of the Ephemeral: Aerial Photography of Black Rock City Through the Lens of Will Roger

By Will Roger

Burning Man Cultural Co-Founder, artist and environmentalist Will Roger presents 15 years of his aerial and drone photography documenting Black Rock City, a temporary city erected in the Black Rock Desert of northwestern Nevada along with his personal account of serving as Director of Operations from 1996-1998. This includes his time shared with the Cacophony Society to the creation of the Department of Public Works (DPW) and concludes with the design of the city, and aerial photography from 2008-2018.

Compass of the Ephemeral contains a substantial collection of Burning Man historical ephemera and photography by numerous artists and contributors, including the Master Plan drawings for Black Rock City by Rod Garrett, and insightful essays about Black Rock City's evolution from a small gathering in the desert into a city with infrastructure that serves as a model for other cities around the world today.

Essay contributors include: William L. Fox, founding director for the Center of Art and Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, archaeologist Alexei Vranich, Burning Man Cultural Co-Founders Harley Dubois and Crimson Rose, and, Black Rock City Superintendent Tony "Coyote" Perez-Banuet.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977880656
• ISBN13: 9780977880652
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Smallworks Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 10.2"