Landscape photographer Elizabeth Carmel has released a collection of images, 'Brilliant Waters: Portraits of Lake Tahoe, Yosemite and the High Sierra.' The book combines Carmel's fine-art landscapes with a selection of poetry by noted writers. Robert Redford has contributed the book’s foreword.

The 104-page, 12 by 12-inch hardcover volume contains 44 color plates. It was published by Hawks Peak Publishing and is being distributed by Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company with a retail price of $49.95.