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EARTHSONG & HEAVEN AND EARTH
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Friday, 19 December 2008 09:50 |
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 Phaidon specialise in photographic, coffee-table type books which will knock your socks off. In their latest tour de force they have released two similar editions, with a minimum of copy and very high quality photographs. The photographs, whether taken through an electron microscope, a telescope or from space are almost all unique, and some of the work will leave you with a feeling of awe.
Earthsong is the work of well-known aerial photographer Bernhard Edmaier. The photos are from altitude, including space, and provide some unbelievable content. Volcanoes, mountain ranges, rivers and deltas, plus a myriad of other subjects make for something both new and intensely interesting. Heaven and Earth is also predominantly aerial photographs, including the heavens, with microscope subjects as well. The photos come from many photographers and the result is a collection which will amaze any reader.
Either of these two books will cause comment on your coffee table and offer hours of intensely interesting, pleasurable browsing – apart from affording us some of the most extraordinary views of our world, from smallest to biggest, that may help build much more wonder and appreciation for the life we have inherited and in which we participate.
EARTHSONG
Photographs by Bernhard Edmaier
Phaidon • ISBN 978 0 7148 4858 7
HEAVEN AND EARTH
Phaidon • ISBN 978 0 7148 4760 3 |
