Colibris

At the same time the photographs by Christopher Simon Sykes (The Garden at Highgrove, Great Houses of England and Wales) record a year in the life of the garden, from snowy winter mornings to the garden in springtime, from the extraordinary blaze of colour achieved for the summer garden parties to the autumn tints of its two hundred types of trees. The Garden of Buckingham Palace: An Illustrated History is bound to be the most eagerly awaited gardening title of 2004.

Puteti comanda aceasta carte acum. In 48 de ore cartea este la dumneavoastra acasa, la locul de munca sau la oricare alta adresa.

Puteti comanda aceasta carte acum. In 48 de ore cartea este la dumneavoastra acasa, la locul de munca sau la oricare alta adresa.

Philip Plisson gives free rein to his abiding passion: the sea. he depicts it in all its moods, in all its states. His favourite themes are seascapes, regattas of legendary tall ships, distant reefs, lighthouses battered by storms, and long-distance voyages, where he manages to capture the solitude of a lone sailor confronting the power of the elements.

All these subjects still stir the popular imagination, even in an age when science has left few corners of the oceans uncharted. Plisson’s special gift lies in exalting the image offered up by nature by finding the most beautiful and appropriate light and attaining something close to painting with photography. This achievement is based not only on talent and an obsessive quest for beauty, but also on countless hours of waiting for just the right light, and endless miles covered by land, sea and air in search of the most beautiful setting, of the best possible photograph.

A text by Yann Queffelec, another sea lover, serves as an introduction to the book. This book will captivate any reader with a fascination for those vast expanses of blue and an urge to share the photographer’s adventures and enthusiasm; it evokes dreams of the sea, the sea that enthrals us all.

A beautifully photographed, revelatory tour of nearly twenty of Ireland’s remotest Islands, by leading Irish photojournalist Nutan.

Ireland has long been renowned for its beautiful countryside, but modern Ireland is in the midst of an economic and urban boom, and the peaceful, rural, old-fashioned country lives more in the imagination than in reality. The traditional Ireland, however, can still be found in its many sparsely inhabited islands.

The Irish photojournalist Nutan sailed from island to island, meeting the inhabitants, capturing the special light, recording the distinctive landscapes that are undeveloped and still relatively free of tourism. The craggy splendour of the magnificent scenery, the jagged rocks, strong currents and mercurial winds lend a magical dimension to these places.

Protected by a capricious climate and an inhospitable sea, each of the more than twenty islands celebrated here possesses a history and a beauty all its own.

This book represents 100 of the finest and most fascinating examples of body-centred photography from the 20th century. Art photographers included are Stieglitz, Man Ray, Brassai, Cunningham, Brandt and Mapplethorpe, alongside greats of scientific image-making like Nilsson and Hutchings.

A new world is emerging from the accelerating phenomenon that we call globalization. Globalization may connect people and places that are geographically remote, but it also fragments local connections and ties. To reveal the constructive as well as the destructive power of globalization, ten very different photographers have produced photo-stories from different continents.

Puteti comanda aceasta carte acum. In 48 de ore cartea este la dumneavoastra acasa, la locul de munca sau la oricare alta adresa.

Far away from the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort and other tourist destinations of the north of India lies another India: the lush and beautiful Southern States. In Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Goa, brilliantly coloured hues are a natural result of a hot climate and fertile landscape, but they are also symbolic of what is one of the world’s most spiritual countries. In these pages, blue is for both Vishnu and brilliantly coloured saris, red is for Lakshmi and blazing hot chillies, yellow is for good luck and golden tumeric, and green is for Hanuman and vibrant rice fields.

Swaying palms and garlands of flowers, painted bullock carts and caparisoned elephants - these are but a few examples of Barbara Lloyd’s photographs.

La Photographie Italienne Contemporaine Dans La Collection Anna Rosa Et Giovanni Cotroneo
n this collection, owned by Anna Rosa and Giovanni Cotroneo, we can see a rich and high-quality selection of works of art. The starting point could be the importance of faith in the reading of territory, a reading that can be done, in Italy, only through a knowledge of art history. This could probably only happen in Italy where the concept of landscape was born with Giotto’ s mountains and the architectural perspective of ideal cities. Cities first and then the metropolis, are the privileged breeding ground for photography, full of new symbols that delineate modern areas of exploration. At this moment, photography is reaching the great, painful awareness of being a view suspended between different ages, a subtle perception of worlds that are only now formingâ wrote Luigi Ghirri, one of the directors of this contemporary journey through Italy.

Man beholds in the animal a part of himself and his relation to the world. Photographs show the animal as a true friend and a tool, as a dignified being and a monstrous creature. Animal pictures are reflections of the times in which they are made - whether it’s a big-game hunt in the 19th century or a recent shoot for a cat food commercial. There are innumerable occasions for photographing animals: for research purposes and as trophies; to document what man has grown fond of or has exterminated; to arouse emotions or to create a work of art. This book presents the photographed animal from photography’s beginnings up to the present in a depth and variety never seen before. This unique selection brings together work from the daguerreotype to modern press photographs, from amateur snapshots to images captured by famous photographers, covering practically all aspects of animal photography.