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Eliot Porter: In the Realm of Nature

Door Paul Martineau

Categorie
Fotografie (Kunst)
Boeknummer
#334275-KL27
Titel
Eliot Porter: In the Realm of Nature
Auteur
Martineau, Paul
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Los Angeles : Getty Publications
Jaar van uitgave
2012
ISBN10
1606061194
ISBN13
9781606061190
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original brown boards, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs and some in b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting
Eliot Porter was a pioneer in use of colour photography. His work also became a powerful visual argument for environmental conservation. Possessing a gift for close observation, Porter explored new ways of depicting nature, building blinds in trees so he could study his avian subjects at closer vantage.

It is a beautifully illustrated celebration of the images of Eliot Porter, and their role in the origins of the environmental conservation. Known for his exquisite images of birds and landscape, Eliot Porter (1901-1990) was a pioneer in the use of colour photography. His work also became a powerful visual argument for environmental conservation. Possessing a gift for close observation, Porter explored new ways of depicting nature, building blinds in trees so he could study his avian subjec... (Lees verder)ts at closer vantage, and producing landscape images that capture both pristine forest and ragged river canyons with equal force and brilliance. Initially encouraged by the ground-breaking photographers Ansel Adams and Alfred Stieglitz, Porter went on to produce a body of work all his own. His 1962 Sierra Club book "In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World" transformed the concept of nature photography books. Ultimately, Porter's photographs came to the attention of Congress and led to the passage of the Wilderness Act of 1964, the foundational law in wilderness management today.
Pagina's
144
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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