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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
relaxing
This is a history book.
It's about travelers with different backgrounds and from different fields using one tool—a camera—to bring back what they saw, discovered, and wanted us to see, share their stories, and struggle to capture some of these wonderful pictures.
I am usually more interested in other subjects than underwater photographs, but what Bill Curtsinger and David Doubilet captured made it my favorite part of the book: magic.
It's about travelers with different backgrounds and from different fields using one tool—a camera—to bring back what they saw, discovered, and wanted us to see, share their stories, and struggle to capture some of these wonderful pictures.
I am usually more interested in other subjects than underwater photographs, but what Bill Curtsinger and David Doubilet captured made it my favorite part of the book: magic.
This one really made me emotional with certain photos. Usually, I'm more of a person that likes 19th century to mid 20th century photography, but this book has some really great photos. Well, obviously they have to be if they are National Geographic photos, but I don't really get moved emotionally by photos usually, but this book!!! Ugh!
This is a nice little compact edition of some of best photographs taken by National Geographic Magazine. Included are essays grouping the stories which tell a bit about the changing nature of the magazine's editorial policies and the photographers they've worked with.
It pretty much goes without saying that the photography in this book is fantastic (it's some of the best of National Geographic, after all), but what really makes it is the accompanying text -- details about how a shot was set up, or how and where the photographer preferred to work, or what was new and innovative in the field at the time. It makes for not just a pretty read but also a really interesting one.
Anyone wanting to take a deeper look at the our planet and it's inhabitants will find themselves trapped! This book was outstanding! I loved learning about the photos and the photographers and their amazing journey that they work hard to preserve the past- for the future... gives great tips for photography taking as well.
I have always thought that National Geographic has amazing photography. My boyfriend loves the magazine, so I got this book for him. The photos are split up into different themes, and they were more focused on gritty reality than beautiful, sweeping epic visionaries. Maybe it was just the last NG book I looked at, but I certainly remember a different feel to those photos. Not that these photos aren't excellent, though.
Be sure to read the text as well, especially the little captions that tell you the subject of each photo.
I actually had this on my coffee table for a little while, but decided to move it after a certain incident. A guest came over and flipped open the book casually, only to be met with a huge photo (this is a big book) of blood and guts and terrified faces. It is an amazing work of photography, but the polite young woman didn't seem to see it that way, and an awkward silence followed. Lol.
Just thought I'd warn, since one of the top tags here is "coffee table."
Be sure to read the text as well, especially the little captions that tell you the subject of each photo.
I actually had this on my coffee table for a little while, but decided to move it after a certain incident. A guest came over and flipped open the book casually, only to be met with a huge photo (this is a big book) of blood and guts and terrified faces. It is an amazing work of photography, but the polite young woman didn't seem to see it that way, and an awkward silence followed. Lol.
Just thought I'd warn, since one of the top tags here is "coffee table."