Flying High America - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8854400033 ISBN 13 : 9788854400030

Editeur : White Star, 2004

Synopsis

L'obiettivo di Jim Wark, fotografo specializzato nella realizzazione di immagini aeree del continente americano, per anni ha carpito furtivamente dall'alto i segreti di questo grande Paese, immortalando la trama mutevole del suo territorio, le infinite geometrie dei campi coltivati e l'intrecciarsi di strade piccole e grandi, il respiro silenzioso della natura e quello più convulso dei grandi agglomerati urbani. Ora tutte queste bellezze si dispiegano dinanzi ai nostri occhi riunite in un unico, spettacolare volume. È l'America che tutti sognano, quella dei paesaggi mozzafiato e degli spazi illimitati, ma anche quella dell'attività umana nel suo perenne rinnovarsi.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Jim Wark is an aerial photographer who specializes in capturing unusual landscape and cultural images of North and Central America. Working alone, Wark has photographed the continent from Alaska to Labrador in the north; and from Costa Rica to the Lesser Antilles in the south.

In eleven years he has flown more than 5,000 hours, and taken more than 100,000 photographs. To guide him, he uses aviation skills gained as a Naval Aviator and airshow pilot, and a love of the earth and its forms gained from a career as a mining engineer and geologist. The photography is represented by photo agencies in the U.S., U.K., France, and Australia. Membership is maintained in ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers) and PAPA (Professional Aerial Photographers Association). His work was judged "Best of Show" by PAPA for four consecutive years (1995-1998).

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book takes a pictorial look at the nation from above, with dazzling full-color photographs of each region of the United States of America.

These territories continue to reach out to settlers and travelers, challenging those who would try to conquer its mountains, rivers, and canyons as well as those who try get to know its patchwork quilt of people and regional cultural variations. The reader takes a thrilling journey over mountains, deserts, mighty rivers, swaths of farmland, and the great cities and landmark skyscrapers, all shown from an aerial vantage point.

The design of the pages is carefully planned to bring out the panoramic qualities of the exceptionally beautiful photographs. The reduced album format of the book has been chosen to emphasize the wide-angle approach of the pictures.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: White Star
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8854400033
• ISBN 13: 9788854400030
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 640
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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